Tu em vas prometre una història d’amor

Helena Tornero

Sala Beckett  -  Sala de baix
From June 26 to July 27
Dir: Israel Solà
Co-production
Premiere in Barcelona

A comedy about the possibility (or impossibility) of writing love stories in the 21st century.

Tu em vas prometre una història d’amor is a boy-meets-girl story. Or a boy-meets-boy story. Or a girl-meets-girl story. Or the story of two strangers. It’s a story that begins in Rome. And a story that begins in Paris. And a story that begins in Poland, on top of a train. Well, actually, it’s the story of an author trying to write a love story. What is it with love stories? Why do they fascinate some, even to the point of addiction, and repulse others? What have they taught us about love? Why do stories that once seemed romantic now seem like horror stories? Can a contemporary love story be written, and can one survive the attempt? 

These are questions Helena Tornero, an author from Figueres, asks herself. Tornero, an author, director, and translator, is a resident author at Sala Beckett for the 2024-25 season, and premiered her recent Dona i aspirador(a) [Woman and Hoover], winner of the Carme Montoriol grant, at this venue last year. In recent years, we have seen her working on productions such as I sing a song about bananas (Grec 2020) and Paradise Lost (Grec 2022), a performance directed by Andrés Lima based on John Milton's poem. Tornero is now teaming up with Israel Solà, a physicist, director, and playwright who founded La Calòrica, a company with which he has carried out many of his shows.

 

Produced by the Sala Beckett and the 2025 Barcelona Grec Festival

During the performance on July 8, there will be surtitles in English.

Discipline

  • Theater

Dates and times

Thursday 26/06 - 20:00 h
Friday 27/06 - 20:00 h
Saturday 28/06 - 20:00 h
Sunday 29/06 - 18:30 h
Tuesday 01/07 - 20:00 h
Wednesday 02/07 - 20:00 h
Thursday 03/07 - 20:00 h
Friday 04/07 - 20:00 h
Saturday 05/07 - 20:00 h
Sunday 06/07 - 18:30 h
Tuesday 08/07 - 20:00 h
Wednesday 09/07 - 20:00 h
Thursday 10/07 - 20:00 h
Friday 11/07 - 20:00 h
Saturday 12/07 - 20:00 h
Sunday 13/07 - 18:30 h
Tuesday 15/07 - 20:00 h
Wednesday 16/07 - 20:00 h
Thursday 17/07 - 20:00 h
Friday 18/07 - 20:00 h
Saturday 19/07 - 20:00 h
Sunday 20/07 - 18:30 h
Tuesday 22/07 - 20:00 h
Wednesday 23/07 - 20:00 h
Thursday 24/07 - 20:00 h
Friday 25/07 - 20:00 h
Saturday 26/07 - 20:00 h
Sunday 27/07 - 18:30 h

Space

Durada

90min

Language

  • Català

Prices

11 - 22 €

Other criteria

  • Young Grec
  • Essentials

Artistic sheet

Author: Helena Tornero · Director: Israel Solà · Cast: Ester Cort, Fermí Delfa, Sandra Pujol Torguet, Roger Torns and Teresa Vallicrosa · Set design: Adrià Pinar · Lighting: Raimon Rius · Sound: Guillem Rodríguez · Video: Joan Rodón Delgado · Movement: Laia Duran • Sound assistant: Magí Coma · Assistant director: Leonardo V. Granados · Intern from the master’s degree programme in theatre studies: Paloma Nieri

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