A poker game enables an outstanding British playwright to mingle cards and testosterone in a comedy that speaks to us, amongst other things, about the relationship between fathers and sons.
Having played John in Senyoreta Júlia (After Miss Julie) at the 2012 Grec Festival, Julio Manrique once more becomes immersed in the theatrical world of playwright Patrick Marber. This time, by directing a play that the British author wrote when he was still unknown. Dealer’s Choice revolves around a poker game but enables an all-male cast to mediate on themes that go far beyond cards. For, as one of the characters says in the restaurant where all the action takes place (in London in the original play, in Barcelona in this adaptation), “You must play the man, not the cards”. Six full-blooded characters, of the type only achieved by the finest theatre writing, go back and forth between the restaurant dining room and kitchen: a chef, two waiters, the owner, his gambling-addicted son and the son’s poker mentor. All intervene in the final act, which takes place in the basement. There, amidst whisky and cigarettes, the players introduce the themes of the play, ranging from friendship and loyalty to truth and lies, success and failure. Which of these players has really won?
Autoria: Patrick Marber; Direcció: Julio Manrique; Intèrprets: Ramon Madaula, Andrew Tarbet, Marc Rodríguez, Joan Carreras, Andreu Benito, Oriol Vila; Adaptació: Cristina Genebat; Ajudant de direcció: Marc Artigau; Escenografia: Sebastià Brossa; Vestuari: Maria Armengol; Disseny d'il·luminació: Jaume Ventura; Disseny de so: Ramon Ciércoles;
