Savage Journal
Posted on 12 February 2019
"a touching and dynamic portrait of a couple who have grown irreversibly apart"
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Daisy Hale and Kate O’Connor in association with Theatre503 present…
£12 / £17 / £18 / £10 Previews & Weds. Matinees / ‘Pay What You Can’ Sat. Mats
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RUNNING TIME / NOTICES: 70mins (no interval). Production contains strobe lighting (exc. Relaxed and Parent & Baby performances) and strong language.
TAILORED PERFORMANCES: 30th Jan, Relaxed; 6th Feb, 12noon, Parent & Baby
POST-SHOW DISCUSSION: 30th Jan. With writer Víctor Sánchez Rodríguez and translator William Gregory; chaired by director Kate O’Connor.
In a bid to save their relationship a Spanish couple travel to Cuzco – conquistador stronghold, Inca city of the puma and tourist paradise. But as the altitude sickness, Pisco sours and layers of history take hold, they realise their journey has only just begun.
Set along the Inca Trail, this is a sharp, contemporary portrait of a couple who become increasingly lost to one another, haunted by their own desires and the ghosts of their colonial past.
Kate O’Connor (Frozen Light, Researcher ‘Minefield’, JMK Finalist) directs the UK premiere of one of Spain’s most acclaimed young playwrights. Translated by William Gregory (Royal Court, Gate Theatre), this production emerged from the work of Out of the Wings collective, based at King’s College London.
With the support of Acción Cultural Española, Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, Battersea Spanish, Ibérica Restaurants and the Cervantes Institute.
RELAXED: For anyone who benefits from a more relaxed performance environment. House lights are left up with audience free to exit and reenter as required. Sound levels are reduced and any strobe / ‘flashing light’ effects will be omitted also.
PARENT & BABY: Similar to our Relaxed Performance in terms of technical alterations, but provided as an opportunity for new mums and dads to enjoy a spot of theatre without the need to hire a babysitter. Please note, we do not exclude other audience members from booking to see this performance.
Víctor Sánchez Rodríguez (Translated by William Gregory)
Víctor Sánchez Rodríguez is a playwright and director from Valencia. He trained at the Institut del Teatre, Barcelona. In 2016 he won the MAX Best New Playwright Award for We Won’t Kill Each Other with Guns. Other notable productions include Not Even Spain’s Damn Mother Would Recognise Her, Written from the Flames, and Wild Horses Wouldn’t Drag Me Away (Winner of the 2011 INJUVE Award for Best Production). In 2017 he directed Ivan and the Dogs by Hattie Naylor at the Teatro Español and the premiere of his own play, Cuzco, at the Teatro Rialto in Valencia. This production transferred to the Teatro Fernando Fernán Gómez in Madrid in November 2018. Victor was also selected as part of the INAEM 6th Cycle of Contemporary Dramatists 2018.
"a touching and dynamic portrait of a couple who have grown irreversibly apart"
"a provocative and fascinating piece"
"both slick and cuttingly sharp, modern and timelessly relevant"
"gem of a show"
“A gripping and intense examination of love and self-identity in a foreign land."
"poetic and allusive"
"Translated beautifully from the original spanish"
“a vivid picture of a Spanish couple’s disintegrating relationship”
“stylishly shows how confrontation with the colonial past can lead to self-discovery.”
"relish in watching"
