Accomplices of the passage of time
Àngel Llàcer, who directs this classic, turns us into privileged witnesses of the truncated dreams of a family living at the time of war.
The Sala Gran of the Teatre Nacional presents El temps i els Conway (Time and the Conways), directed by Àngel Llacer and starring Júlia Bonjoch, Màrcia Cisteró, Biel Duran, Bárbara Roig, Carles Roig, Albert Triola, Júlia Truyol, Mar Ulldemolins, Ferran Vilajosana and Roser Vilajosana. This is a play in three acts by the British playwright J. B. Priestley, first performed in 1937 and translated into Catalan by Joan Sellent.
This classic of British drama is set in 1919, in the home of the Conway family, a well-to-do English family, on the night of the birthday of one of their daughters, Kay. The family celebrates the end of the First World War and has high hopes for the future. But through the author's use of time (the second act takes place two decades after the first and third), we become participants in the future of each of the family members, in how the passage of time (one of the real protagonists of the play) brings failure, frustration, envy and suffering to the Conways.
"Thirty years ago, Mario Gas, my great maestro, opened the doors of the Conway's house to us in a staging that has been remembered for many generations", said Llàcer himself when talking about this premiere. And he adds: "Time has willed that two decades after working for the first time with my other great teacher, Carme Portaceli, it is she who opens the doors of the Sala Gran for me to return the Conway family to the stage, to enter their home again and discover together how these years have changed them".
El temps i el Conway can be seen at the Sala Gran of the Teatre Nacional from 13 April to 21 May. The show, in Catalan, is recommended for ages 14 and up and lasts 2 hours and 15 minutes. Tickets are on sale at this link, where you can check available discounts.