HABRÁS DE IR A LA GUERRA QUE EMPIEZA HOY
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“A mi querido hermano Manolo, con la añoranza de los años y la distancia”.
This handwritten dedication in an origami handbook entitled Papirozoo, which Pablo Fidalgo Lareo finds on a bookshelf at home, is the beginning of Habrás de ir a la guerra que empieza hoy (‘You’ll be in the war that begins today’). The beginning of a process of reconstruction of the history of Pablo’s family and of Spain. The beginning of an encounter with the fascinating figure of his great-uncle Giordano Lareo: imprisoned during the civil war, exiled after escaping execution, teacher, translator, treasurer of the Republic in exile, inventor of a sofa-bed, and author of the first origami handbook in Argentina. Giordano is brought to life in a performance that is both a first meeting and the last dance. Argentina, the land of exile, becomes the place where we prepare for war, safeguard our ideas, and adjust our eyes to the infinite landscape that will accompany us to the end.
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CREDITS
Director and writter
Pablo Fidalgo
Performer
Cláudio da Silva
Light design
Jose Álvaro Correia
Sound Coolgate
Piano Ásia Rosa
Artistic and production assistant
Amalia Area
Co-production
Teatro Municipal Maria Matos (Lisboa), Festival TNT (Terrassa), Festival BAD (Bilbao), Festival de Otoño a Primavera (Madrid Con el apoyo de Espaço Alkantara (Lisboa) Presentado en Portugal con el apoyo de Mostra Espanha 2015
