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“In my humble opinion, LA PLAZA (THE SQUARE) strikes hard against self-satisfaction, against all complacency; it strikes a heavy blow to our tolerated barbarity, our prejudices, our belief system and our perspectives”.

Núria Corominas, TEATRON

THE SQUARE begins with an end, the end of a piece that has lasted 365 days and in which absolutely nothing has happened. The reading of the thoughts that shake in the head of one of the viewers in front of this single image is the only movement on stage. This hypnotic initial part soon becomes the way home for an individual who traces his path through the world through his thoughts. A landscape in movement that changes imperceptibly through projected words, where regular characters are represented in a disturbing way, without faces, but recognizable by their social identity. The thoughts, ideas, sensations and memories of this character form a look and randomly signify these tableaux vivant that make up the outside world. A reality given by a subjective perception that enters into his consciousness and from which, sometimes and from the maximum simplicity, something deeper and more disturbing emerges.

THE SQUARE draws an impressionist landscape by means of lights, sound and an ethereal and spectral aesthetic, which takes the public space as a reduced paradigm of the contemporary world. A space and a time whose limits are blurred by a reality that is already liquid and that is built from lives that are invisible almost by voluntary omission; a melted reality, dissolved by numerous subjectivities that cohabit, without touching each other.

THE SQUARE is narrated in the second person singular, it cancels out "I" and "we" as a collective representation and activates a game of perception of a world that is forcibly alienated, alienating, immobile, close to death and nothingness, where others only reach the category of image; a superficial image that can hardly be touched.

Practical information

• Teatros del Canal Sala Verde
• 28 November at 20:30
  29 November at 16:00 and 20:00

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What the critics have said...

• “This here-and-there between the public space and the private space reminds us of Michel Houellebecq: ruthless yet encouraging, because it doesn't deceive us with emptiness and fear”. Brigitte Salino, Le Monde
• “It’s fascinating to see how the contemplative narrative of this work hypnotizes audiences. El Conde de Torrefiel is being hailed, and not undeservedly, as the new favourite of European theatre”. Brigitte Salino, Stefan Michalzik, Frankfurter Rundschau
• “It is essentially a heightened sensory and intellectual experience that gives rise to many personal reflections, that awakens the mind and the senses, and is full of content and sharp edges that achieve the goal it sets out to fulfil”. Iván F. Mula, Teatre Barcelona
• “One thing is certain, by introducing us in this way to the heart of what appears to be our modern psyche, El Conde de Torrefiel has brought forth its most modern creation”. Hugues Le Tanneur, Culturebox France
• “In my humble opinion, LA PLAZA strikes hard against self-satisfaction, against all complacency; it strikes a heavy blow to our tolerated barbarity, our prejudices, our belief systems and our perspectives”. Núria Corominas, TEATRON