Programme

El Conde de Torrefiel

LA PLAZA

Duration 90 min.

Language with German surtitles  With English surtitles 

Incisive, brilliant and unconventional: The theatre of El Conde de Torrefiel has made quite a splash internationally in the last few years. The tragicomic works of Tanya Beyeler and Pablo Gisbert reveal a series of absurd tableaux vivant, flanked by words of incredible clarity. The newest piece “LA PLAZA” offers up an impressionistic landscape that sees public space as a reduced model of today’s world, shaped with the help of light, sound and an ethereal, ghostly aesthetic. The Plaza stands for a site where people converge with history, collective memories and an unknown future. In a world that is rapidly overtaking itself, reality becomes more and more subjective, emotionally charged and impenetrable. A constant conflict reigns between the longing for the new and the fear of the unknown. It has long been one of humanity’s great aspirations to get some idea about our unpredictable future. Telling stories about this search is the passion of El Conde de Torrefiel.

Cast

Conceived & devised by

El Conde de Torrefiel in collaboration with the performers

Direction

Tanya Beyeler und Pablo Gisbert

Text

Pablo Gisbert

Cast

Gloria March Chulvi, Albert Pérez Hidalgo, Mónica Almirall Batet, Nicolas Carbajal, Amaranta Velarde, David Mallols + lokale Performer*innen

Set Design

El Conde de Torrefiel & Blanca Añón

Costumes

Blanca Añón & Performers

Light Design

Ana Rovira

Sound Design

Adolfo Fernández García

Technical Director and Stage Manager

Isaac Torres

Technitian on tour

Javi Castrillón

Diffusion & Tour Management

Caravan Production

Translation

Martin Orti (German), Nika Blazer (English)

Further Information

Visitor note

Production: Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), El Conde de Torrefiel. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Alkantara & Maria Matos Teatro (Lisbon), Festival d’Automne & Centre Pompidou (Paris), Festival GREC (Barcelona), Festival de Marseille, Mousonturm (Frankfurt a.M.), Triennale di Milano, Vooruit (Ghent), Wiener Festwochen (Vienna), Black Box Theater (Oslo), Zurcher Theaterspektakel (Zurich)

With the support of: Zinnema (Brussels), Festival SÂLMON, Mercat de les Flors and El Graner - Centre de Creació, Barcelona, Fabra i Coats, centre de creació Barcelona.

Past dates

  • Thu 21.2.

    from 19:00 to 21:00 HAU2

  • Fri 22.2.

    from 19:00 to 21:00 HAU2

    Notes: Afterwards: Artist Talk

  • Sat 23.2.

    from 19:00 to 21:00 HAU2

Location

HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin

There are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2.

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