The story it tells is simple. The action takes place in the north-west of Ireland, in a rural pub where every afternoon the mechanic Jack (Ramon Vila) and his assistant Jim (Oscar Intente) kill time, striking up a conversation with the waiter Brendan (Armand Villen); all three are single. But this afternoon is different: they are expecting a visit from the farmer Finbar (Jordi Coromina), the town's businessman, owner of several houses and a hotel. He will not come alone: he has rented a house from a woman from Dublin, Valerie (Montse Germán), who has decided to settle in the area. And that afternoon they will both visit Brendan's pub. Valerie is an urban woman, attractive, friendly and approachable, and just by arriving she becomes the center of attention of the pub's regulars, who seek, each in their own way, to impress her. Valerie is the prototype woman they could only dream of or see on TV... and she's there, drinking with them! Alcohol-fuelled conversation drifts to castles and fairies, and Jack, Finbar and Jim, spurred on by a fascinated Valerie, tell supernatural tales. But the night takes an unexpected turn when Valerie also tells a ghost story. It is a personal and terrible story, the tragedy that explains why he left Dublin. The honesty and rawness of the story transforms the atmosphere, and the competition between the men for the attention of the newcomer dissolves to make way for a deep empathy and understanding towards Valerie.
Text
Conor McPherson
Translation
Joan Sellent
Direction
Ferran Utzet
With
Montse German
Ramón Villa
Jordi Coromina
Armand Villen
Òscar Intente
Lighting
Guillem Gelabert
Scenery and costumes
Sebastià Brosa
Scenery and costume assistant
Elisenda Pérez
Sound space
Oriol Broggi
Costumes
Maura Nylon
Technical assistant
Aleix Ramisa
Scenery assistant
Mireia Coromina
Stage manager
Marc Serra
Photographs
Max Segura
Customer service
Jordi Valls
Special thanks to Julieta Bermejo, Patrícia Manresa, Sora i Jerome, Manel Dueso, Max Glaenzel, Joan Jorba, Berta Riera, famílies Utzet i Sadurní, Sala Beckett i tot l’equip de la Biblioteca
A production of La Perla 29
The poet Joan Margarit - a man, like me, straddling the realms of science and art - explains in the epilogue of his book Càlcul d'Estructures that the difference between poetry and entertainment is that one exits entertainment just as they entered, whereas upon finishing a poem, we are no longer the same, as our inner order has increased. Without being pretentious, I would like for this transformative effect to be produced by La Presa, which we are premiering on March 24th. Achieving this would, first and foremost, entail consistently following the path that Oriol Broggi has been marking with excellence at La Perla 29 for years. It would also mean living up to a text that, without a doubt, is already a contemporary classic. Conor McPherson wrote La Presa in 1997 at only 26 years old, but it doesn't seem so: it is a text of exceptional maturity.
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