Núria Espert has had to abandon the rehearsals of ‘all birds‘, of Wajdi Mouawadand leave the project, which will premiere at the Teatros del Canal on December 5. As reported by this space, the 89-year-old Catalan actress suffered “unexpected discomfort during the rehearsal process for the play. After having a check-up and knowing the diagnosis, the doctors have told him that it is not serious, however, they have recommended that he rest until he fully recovers.
“It is – the note continues – a temporary illness without serious consequences but these circumstances prevent her, much to her regret, from continuing with rehearsals”, something for which the actress feels “tremendously sad.”
The actress Vicky Pena will replace Núria Espert in the production she directs Mario Gasand which also includes Manuel de Blas, Pere Ponce, Candela Serrat, Aleix Peña, Pietro Olivera, Lucía Barrado, Nuria García, Juan Calot and Anabel Moreno in its cast.
“Theatre continues to give me life,” the actress told ABC in December of last year, before premiering ‘La isla del aire’ at the Spanish Theater, by Alejandro Palomas. In March of this same year, Núria Espert was awarded the honorary Max Prize and received an honorary doctorate from the University of London. For this reason, he denied in this newspaper the rumors that had appeared about his retirement: «That was a misunderstanding! -he said on ABC- In that play I am lucky to play a role that I had never played in the theater: grace, mockery, mental quickness, evil hidden behind a certain tenderness… In short, a marvel. . And at a press conference they asked me what I was going to do after that work, and I said: I’m not going to run out and look for another text. That doesn’t mean I want to retire. Well, from then on they haven’t let me live during the entire tour. In all the interviews they have done with me – always very affectionate – they asked me this. That nonsense became something very heavy for me, because I had to repeat the story again… And I already have the text of the next performance. If my health allows it and if nothing external happens to prevent it, it will be a text of Wajdi Mouawad».
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