Theater review ‘Nada’ By Carmen Laforet Adaptation Joan Yago. Direction Beatriz Jaén Scenography Pablo Menor Palomo Lighting Enrique Chueca Costumes Laura Cosar Music and sound space Luis Miguel Cobo Video Margo García Choreography Natalia Fernandes Performers Carmen Barrantes, Jordan Blasco, Pau Escobar, Laura Ferrer, Manuel Minaya, Amparo Pamplona, Júlia Roch, Julia Rubio , Andrea Soto and Peter Vives Place María Guerrero Theater, Madrid 5Based on the novel with which Carmen Against all odds, Laforet won the first Nadal prize, the theatrical adaptation of ‘Nothing’ is a marvel. Here is that domestic hell on Aribau Street, the demons of souls that life did not treat very well, the resentments, the hatred, the broken dreams, the guilt, the desire to survive in that morally infected mud after the Civil War. Here are Andrea’s hopes upon arriving at the University of Barcelona, the new friendships, the discovery of the artistic environment and that wound (which we will find later in Juan Marsé) for which she suffers the prejudices and contempt of the upper class. Catalan. It is not strange, therefore, that ‘Nothing’ has been spoken of as a formative novel, but there is much more than that and this adaptation understands it perfectly: the defense of goodness, the plea in favor of innocence, the desire to borrow from the world a little joy, a future. The ‘Nothing’ that Joan Yago and Beatriz Jaén bring to the stage of the María Guerrero is called to be not only one of the best works of this season, but one of the best montages of recent seasons. It has it all: a set design as monumental as it is effective, symbolic and spectacular; a sound space that puts just the right amount of emotion and hair on end; a lighting (pay attention to the play of light from the lamps) that creates existential environments, extraordinary paintings where violence, lack of meaning and the search for a place in the world are highlighted. In addition to some really powerful performances. Perhaps here or there some interventions by the narrator. Standard Related News If ‘Nada’, the great novel of the Spanish post-war period, comes to life on stage Julio Bravo The María Guerrero Theater premieres the first theatrical adaptation of the text by Carmen LaforetIt is curious that Watching this ‘Nothing’ one is reminded of Tennessee Williams or Harold Pinter, perhaps because great theater always seeks its own pedigree. In any case here, as Rochefoucauld would say, the spectator will not reward the appearance of merit with his applause but the merit itself, and will keep in his retina some of these powerfully memorable scenes: the rain that falls on Andrea and her friend Ena, so purifying , the disappearance of the last pieces of furniture in the pit when life already takes on a liquidation tone, or that end of the two friends (Andrea and Ena) in the illuminated interior of a car heading to the happiness of summer. Three hours of great theater, of great dramatic breath, achieved based on a devilishly sharp and masterful rhythm, slow and seamless that keeps us in high spirits.
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