One of the great hits of Grec 2015 returns to the festival once more this year. A journey through memory, paying tribute to the self-sacrifice and struggle of a woman who championed justice, freedom and human rights.
Neus Català i Pallejà was born in 1915 into a family of farmers in Guiamets (Priorat). A year after the outbreak of the Civil War, she moved to Barcelona and became involved in the fight against fascism. The Republican defeat forced her into exile in France. In World War Two, she worked with the French Resistance during the German occupation. She was arrested by the Nazis and deported to the Ravensbrück and Holleischen extermination camps. There she remained until the liberation and thereafter she devoted her life to remembering her fellow captives that she survived and with whom she shared the horror, but also solidarity. Carme Martí wrote a novel based on her life, and this has now been adapted for the stage in a show that has enthralled audiences and is performed, alone and in a bare set, by Mercè Arànega. With contained emotion, a superb performance and no unnecessary frills, the actress brings the words of Neus Català to life on stage. In this way, she conjures up the horror before us on stage in an hour-long tour-de-force, an intense performance that reminds us, one more, of how vital it is to conserve the memory of what happened.
Coproduction: Grec 2015 Festival de Barcelona and Sala Muntaner.
Autoria: Carme Martí; Dramatúrgia: Josep Maria Miró; Direcció: Rafel Duran; Interpretació: Mercè Arànega; Escenografia i vestuari: Pep Duran ; Disseny d'il·luminació: Quico Gutiérrez; Disseny d'espai sonor: Lucas Ariel Vallejos; Ajudant de direcció: Mònica Bofill; Direcció tècnica: Xavier Xipell €oeXipi€ ; Direcció tècnica de la Sala Muntaner: Xavier García; Fotografia: David Ruano i Albert Carreras; Premsa: Joan Estrada; Direcció de producció: Carles Manrique (Velvet Events); Distribució: Elena Blanco (Magnètica Management) ;
