Theater – «The wind is wild, by Las Niñas de Cádiz»
Theater — «The Wind is Wild, by Las Niñas de Cádiz» at the Cuyás Theater, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Max Award for Best Revelation Show 2020
A very free recreation of two of the most fascinating female characters in the history of universal culture: Phaedra and Medea… Two friends. So close they are sisters. Only one shadow over their friendship: “While one grew up confident, pampered by life and smiling, the other felt unhappy.”.
We strip Phaedra and Medea of their peplos and bring them to our days, turning them into apparently gray beings. Only when conflict arises will they suddenly assume an ancient fatality, under whose influence they will sweep away everything that stands in their way.
In the background, Cádiz, a city with a Macondian profile, where all everyday elements acquire a magical dimension that foreshadows tragedy: the disturbing east wind, announced by the knife grinder's flute and by the presence of the circus on the outskirts of the city, the chirping of birds, the chorus of neighbors.
The wind is wild is a tragedy permeated from beginning to end by laughter. It is the heritage of the land from which we come, and to which we always return, Cádiz, where we learned that in every terrible story there is a paradox that can lead to comedy and, conversely, in every burst of humor there is always a tragic undertone.
Las Niñas de Cádiz put into question themes, characters, and commonplaces of the classic tragic repertoire through a vigorous and hilarious parody in verse written by Ana López Segovia.
EL PAÍS: Its success, the enthusiasm with which the public follows it, is not surprising. With this work, a new voice has been born, a new tone of popular theater, and it should not be missed.
ABC: The wind is wild: the oracle of revelry. (…) A purely popular and very mischievous play, based on knowledge of the classical and the cultured.
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