The writers, musicians, dancers and video makers who make up El Conde de Torrefiel, a collective appearing in Belgium for the first time, are putting together a body of theatre work that draws its strength from confronting various disciplines with one another. In their must-see show Escenas, twelve stories come one after the other. Today’s young Europeans explore anecdotes, fantasies and traumatic experiences that highlight an insidious conflict between what they want, what they do and what they say. This discrepancy at the heart of the individual is also reflected in the staging. The words are more projected than they are spoken, and the actions are often found to be out of step with the story itself. With a great sense of the stage, El Conde de Torrefiel have created a show that ironically and with great acuity poses the question of freedom in 21st-century society, a society in which everyone wants to live according to their instincts while unwittingly being subject to the power of a global diktat they don’t understand. A portrait of an alienated generation.
ES > FR / NL
1h 10min
Concept & direction: El Conde de Torrefiel
Text & dramaturgy: Pablo Gisbert
Performed by David Mallols, Isaac Forteza, Quim Bigas, Mario Pons-Macià, Tanya Beyeler
Lighting design: Marcela Prado
Technical director: Octavio Más
Technique: Isaac Torres
Sound: Rebecca Praga
Production: Tanya Beyeler/El Conde de Torrefiel
Meet the artists after the performance on 27/05
Presentation Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Beursschouwburg
Production El Conde de Torrefiel (Barcelona)
Supported by Generalitat de Catalunya, résidènce Adriantic/Antic Teatre, Institut Ramón Llull
Performance in Brussels supported by Cultural Office of Spanish Embassy in Brussels
