El Monstre
Josep Maria Miró
The apparent tranquillity of a small mountain village is shaken by the revisiting of events that occurred decades ago.
Why do we need to create monsters? What is hidden behind them? Where and why do we devise threats? What are we protecting ourselves from? These are some of the questions posed by the new, ambitious text by Josep Maria Miró.
Early one morning, seemingly like any other, Santi and Berta, unable to sleep, wake up and have a conversation. Something has been unsettling them. For days. Perhaps even longer. It has to do with who they are today and with the small village where they live. And with the reappearance in their lives of someone dubbed in the village as "The Monster" after disappearing almost twenty years ago, when one of the darkest and murkiest chapters in local history took place.
El Monstre is a play for three performers that delves into the individual and collective darkness of a community, in a radical and essential commitment to language as the backbone of theatricality.
Josep Maria Miró is the author of works such asLa Majordoma [The Housekeeper] (2023), El cos més bonic que s’haurà trobat mai en aquest lloc [The Most Beautiful Body That Will Ever Be Found in This Place] (National Theatre Literature Award 2022, Critics' Award 2023, and 45th Born Award), and Temps salvatge [Wild Times] (Max Award 2018). He returns to the Grec Festival, where he has previously presented Jo, travesti [Story of a Cross-Dresser], L’habitació blanca [The White Room], Nerium Park, and El principi d’Arquimedes [Archimedes’ Principle], which will be re-staged this year in Catalonia nearly a decade and a half after its first premiere and following over twenty translations and fifty productions worldwide.
El Monstre won the 32nd Jardiel Poncela Award for theatre texts and the 18th Quim Masó Award for plays in Catalan. The Quim Masó Award provided financial support for its production and its premiere at the Grec Festival and Temporada Alta Festival.
A production by Sala Trono
Winner of the 17th Quim Masó award for theatre production projects.
During the performance on July 9, there will be surtitles in English.
Discipline
- Theater
Dates and times
Friday 04/07 - 19:30 h
Saturday 05/07 - 19:30 h
Sunday 06/07 - 18:00 h
Tuesday 08/07 - 19:30 h
Wednesday 09/07 - 19:30 h
Thursday 10/07 - 19:30 h
Friday 11/07 - 19:30 h
Saturday 12/07 - 19:30 h
Sunday 13/07 - 18:00 h
Tuesday 15/07 - 19:30 h
Wednesday 16/07 - 19:30 h
Thursday 17/07 - 19:30 h
Friday 18/07 - 19:30 h
Saturday 19/07 - 19:30 h
Sunday 20/07 - 18:00 h
Tuesday 22/07 - 19:30 h
Wednesday 23/07 - 19:30 h
Thursday 24/07 - 19:30 h
Friday 25/07 - 19:30 h
Saturday 26/07 - 19:30 h
Sunday 27/07 - 18:00 h
Space
Durada
Language
- Català
Prices
Other criteria
- Essentials
Artistic sheet
Creator / Direction: Josep Maria Miró · Performers: Àurea Márquez Joan Negrié, Albert Prat · Assistant director: Aina Minguell · Set and costume design: Albert Pascual · Technical management: Angel Puertas · Lighting: Toni Ubach · Original music: Yair Karelic · Executive producer: Roser Soler · Student intern from the MUET: Àlex Castro · Production: Sala Trono
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