The University of Alicante Auditorium welcomes a performance this Wednesday at 19:00 that blends theater and music. The show, titled Joan Fuster’s Turntable, is framed as part of UA’s cultural programming and serves to celebrate the Joan Fuster Year.
The production is a montage starring Pau Alabajos, a singer-songwriter known for his live musical storytelling. It threads together a selection of texts associated with Fuster to create a mosaic of thoughts, aphorisms, and propositions. On stage, this assembly becomes the core of an imagined interview and a dramatized meeting, featuring a writer and a young journalist from Sueca. They discuss Setze Jutges’ role in the anti-Franco struggle, the significance of Nova Cançó during Spain’s democratic transition, and other social, political, and cultural issues that have shaped recent history.
Poster for “Joan Fuster’s Turntable” by Pau Alabajos.
The soundtrack for the show, assembled during the interview, includes songs by Raimon, Lluís Llach, Maria de Mar Bonet, Ovidi Montllor, and Al Tall. Pau Alabajos performs live several emblematic anthems from the sixties and seventies and offers a homage to Joan Fuster on the centennial birthday celebrations. This event is part of the UA per l’Any Fuster program, which honors the centenary of the most influential Valencian intellectual of the twentieth century.
Admission costs five euros. Alfred Picó portrays Joan Fuster, with Lara Salvador serving as the journalist. Live music is provided by Pau Alabajos, and the stage direction is credited to Gabriel Ochoa.
Pau Alabajos
Pau Alabajos earned a degree in Catalan Philology from the University of Valencia and brings two decades of performance experience to the stage. He has a long track record in producing cultural showcases and has recently expanded into dramatic literary work. His documentary theater project titled Hotel Fontana (Bromera, 2020) earned the XLV Ciutat d’Alcoi Theater Award and the 2021 Valencia Critics’ Award. As a Valencian singer-songwriter, Alabajos has published several books and eight records. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Ovidi Montllor Collective, an association of musicians and singers from the Valencian Country.