TARSIUS 14
Co-production of the National Theatre of Catalonia and Teatres en Xarxa, Barcelona, Spain The performance is part of the MITEM programme showcasing the theatres of ethnic and linguistic minorities.
Director: TARSIUS
Catalan and Spanish with Hungarian and English subtitles
1 hours 25 minutes, without breaks.
No one has told us how to talk about death. We’ve been told that suicide is taboo. But, if it cannot be spoken about, how can it be understood? And if it cannot be understood, how can it be avoided?
Tarsiers are endangered primates that cannot reproduce in captivity. When they feel trapped, they self-harm, kill individuals of their own species, and even commit suicide.
Six young people with very different realities inhabit a meaningless, dehumanised and absurd world. They hardly know each other but, like tarsiers, when they find themselves on the edge, they join together with their fellow humans in a common cry.
“A perfect metaphor to address the problems of young people and adolescents of the current generation, immersed in a river of pressures and circumstances against which they have to fight and with a lack of concrete horizons.” Recomana.cat, by Ferran Baile.
Actors:
Roger: Quim Gil
Carles: Daniel Mallorquín
Marta: Carla Moix
Tània: Gisel Morros
Sígrid: Tamara Ndong
Adrià: Joan Lluís Terrassa
Creators:
Dramaturgy: Ferran Carvajal, Lara Díez Quintanilla
Choreography: Ferran Carvajal in collaboration with the company
Set design: Mercè Lucchetti
Lighting: Jaume Ventura
Video: Joan Rodón
Musical composition and sound design: Sara Vidal Cabré
Costumes and characterization: Núria Llunell
Sound: Carles Bernal
Voice-over in Wolof: Dawise, Oumy Manga
Assistant director: Esteve Gorina i Andreu
Movement assistant: Anna Serra Duran
Artistic advisor: Lara Díez Quintanilla
Intimacy coordination: Cristina Castellà Reverter
Executive producer: Mireia Gràcia Bell-lloch
Technical direction: Jordi Berch, Mariona Ubia
Production assistant: Júlia Badrenas Gorchs
Production: Teatres en Xarxa, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
Thanks:
To all the people who had the generosity to share their experience: Andrea Gracia, Mireia, Margarita V.M., witness 1 of the character of Tània, Senait Ciller, Jana, Patrícia, the students and teachers of the Vila de Gràcia Institute, the Dr. Puigvert Institute and the Teresa Pàmies Institute. To Montserrat Tobau for her generous intuition. To Lucía, for her luminous testimony. To Aina Cuesta, for her presence and for bringing us closer to the Viewpoints. To the people dedicated to mental health who have helped and accompanied us: the Fundació Congrés Català de salut mental, the Alfa group, the Catalan Association for the Prevention of Suicide, Clara Rubio, Domènec Serrano from the University of Girona, Ester Boixadera, Àngels Vives Belmonte, Víctor Martí i Carrasco, Tesi Morandi and Elisenda Larré. To Alba Pujol and Pau Vinyals. To all the people who have shared your happy moments.
