After the absolute success achieved altsasu In the latest edition of the Spanish Theater Exhibition of Contemporary Writers, María Goiricelaya returns to Alicante barren, The new adaptation of Federico García Lorca’s classic will be staged at Teatre Arniches in Alicante on Thursday, November 9, at 20.00.. This production of La Dramatica Errante, which was awarded the 2023 Max Award for Best Adaptation or Version of a Theater or Choreographic Work, stars a woman in her thirties who struggles with the difficulties of getting pregnant.
This work, written and directed by a playwright, director, actor and theater researcher from Bilbao, arises from the need to reconsider some of the problems expressed by Lorca in his play and bring them to the present day. barren Original from the early 20th century. The focus is on the distinction between what is known as the biological reproductive age (20 to 30 years) and the social reproductive age (30 to 40), as well as the ethical, philosophical and psychological aspects arising from this issue.: The pressure, social questioning and shame that millions of women, especially in the West, face because of the difficulty of having children when they want.
“Maybe it’s disrespectful to make an offer. barren Without a word from Lorca – he points to Goiricela – but These contain the words of all women who are faced with the impossibility of having children today. Because there are many, even though no one talks about them, they are like the protagonists of this work.: Successful women who eat at trendy restaurants, travel to exotic countries, let their hair down at festivals, have an iPhone and enviable social circles. Normal, independent women, with their partners, their apparent empowerment, their dreams and their only unfulfilled wish: motherhood. Women whose feminist vision never allows them to think that it is difficult to get pregnant after a certain age. “The protagonist of this play wants something he never wanted, something that creates an inevitable biological and emotional conflict,” says the play’s director.
Entertainment Federico
The legacy of Federico García Lorca also focuses on the speech of another proposal included in the program of the XXXI edition of the Exhibition: Exterior installation of Recreativos Federico. Writer, artist Alex PenaOn November 9th, MACA will hold a free tour from 17.30 until capacity is reached.
Recreational Federico a Installation consisting of seven entertainment machines customized around the dramatic works of Federico García Lorca or its context. Here Peña uses humor and poetry to reflect on the commercialization of artistic heritage in the context of the capitalist system.