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e.v.a.

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e.v.a.

by Marc Artigau, Cristina Genebat and Julio Manrique
directed by: Julio Manrique

A dramatic comedy about pain

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  • Trailer
  • Press kit
  • Press clipping
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Synopsis

What exactly is pain? What forms does it take? Is it objectifiable? Answering these questions is the intention of the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), a line divided into ten points which- if indeed it can be done- establishes a frame of reference for the pain a subject is experiencing.

That pain that E.V.A. (VAS) aims to measure -and even reduce to specific, defined data- is the subject of the production with which the T de Teatre company celebrated its first twenty-five years on stage. It was based on a play written by Marc Artigau, Cristina Genebat and Julio Manrique, who also served as the Director. The play explored the poetics of pain and the thousand faces of this sensory or emotional experience. For there are many kinds of pain, ranging from physical to moral, and from chronic to somatic…

And so, the four actresses of T de Teatre gave life to a catalogue of different types of pain, while they spoke to us about many other subjects: women, friendship, apparent coincidences, the passage of time… With this theme, one would think E.V.A. (VAS) would be a drama, but this is a comedy in which humour and pain are perfectly balanced and flow along over quick, suggestive dialogues.

E.V.A. (VAS) tells the story of Àgata, an actress with a creative block that prevents her from singing who, because of her sick mother who has escaped from a geriatric ward, ends up experiencing a strange, different kind of anniversary with a male nurse who is fond of birdsong. And the story of Paloma, an anaesthetist who talks about VAS at a conference and who may be all too familiar with pain, so much so that her own life has been anaesthetised.

Another of the characters, Clara, is a mother who experiences the pain of separating from her daughter Eve, whose name and youth are symbols of the future. Inside a closet, Clara will find a way to connect with her own mother, who will tell her a rather special secret. And the fourth protagonist, Lola, is a successful professional who punishes herself, morally and physically, for not having dared to make her own decisions in life.

What is the hub connecting all these women and stories, wisely supported by some male characters? Well, the characters all shared a classroom in the past, and to one of them, through the others’ direct or indirect action, fell the role of victim.

Everything takes place in a space imagined by Alejandro Andújar, a regular collaborator of T de Teatre, who on this occasion envelops the production with an efficient and meticulously thought-out scenography, which eschews all pretension but achieves impressive results.

B for Biography

E.V.A. (VAS) premiered at the Teatre Romea in June 2017 as part of the Grec Festival in Barcelona and then embarked on a long tour of Catalunya’s main theatres and a season at the Kamikaze Pavón Theatre in Madrid. The show bids farewell where it began, at the Teatre Romea.

C for Figures

125 shows and 42,000 spectators

Credits

Cast: Rosa Gàmiz, Carolina Morro, Marta Pérez, Carme Pla, Albert Ribalta, Jordi Rico and Àgata Roca.

Cast stand-in: Chantal Aimèe

With the special collaboration of Carme Fortuny and Mamen Duch

Scenography: Alejandro Andújar
Wardrobe: Maria Armengol
Lighting: Jaume Ventura
Original music: Marco Mezquida
Sound: Damien Bazin
Video: Francesc Isern
Assistant director: Marc Artigau
Executive producer and manager: Daniel López-Orós

Assistant director: Carolina Morro
Assistant wardrobe: Marta Pell
Technical manager and lighting operator: Rubèn Taltavull
Sound operator: Roger Ábalos
Stage props: Roman Ogg and Erin Bassa
Stage manager: Carmen Álvarez
Truck driver: Miguel Yuste
Manufacturing of scenography: Pascualín and Fusteria Roca Fitó

Communication: Clara Aguilar
Administration: Emi Rojo
Photography: David Ruano
Graphic design: Enric Jardí
Press: La Costa Comunicació
Singer of the song ‘E.V.A.’: Carola Ortiz

Produced by T de Teatre, Grec 2017 Festival de Barcelona and Teatre Romea with the support of ICEC (Generalitat de Catalunya).

We also appreciate the collaboration of Punto Blanco, Irene González, Jenaro Mañero,  Jöns Pappila, Òptica Sanabre, Andrew Tarbet and Agustí López-Orós.

The show was premiered at Teatre Romea de Barcelona June 30th of 2018.

Images

E.V.A. espectacle de comèdia de T de Teatre amb Carme Pla i Albert Ribalta
E.V.A. espectacle de comèdia de T de Teatre i Julio Manrique amb Àgata Roca
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Carme Pla y Albert Ribalta
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre
E.V.A. espectacle de comèdia de T de Teatre
E.V.A. espectacle de comèdia de T de Teatre Rosa Gàmiz Albert Ribalta
E.V.A. espectacle de comèdia de T de Teatre Carolina Morro
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Carme Pla Àgata Roca Rosa Gàmiz
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Marta Pérez
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Rosa Gàmiz i Albert Ribalta
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre i Julio Manrique
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Carme Pla i Albert Ribalta
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Carme Pla i Albert Ribalta
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Àgata Roca i Jordi Rico
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Àgata Roca, Rosa Gàmiz, Jordi Rico i Albert Ribalta
E.V.A. espectacle de comèdia de T de Teatre amb Carme Pla i Albert Ribalta
E.V.A. espectacle de comèdia de T de Teatre i Julio Manrique amb Àgata Roca
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Carme Pla y Albert Ribalta
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre
E.V.A. espectacle de comèdia de T de Teatre
E.V.A. espectacle de comèdia de T de Teatre Rosa Gàmiz Albert Ribalta
E.V.A. espectacle de comèdia de T de Teatre Carolina Morro
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Carme Pla Àgata Roca Rosa Gàmiz
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Marta Pérez
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Rosa Gàmiz i Albert Ribalta
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre i Julio Manrique
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Carme Pla i Albert Ribalta
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Carme Pla i Albert Ribalta
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Àgata Roca i Jordi Rico
E.V.A. espectacle de comedia de T de Teatre Àgata Roca, Rosa Gàmiz, Jordi Rico i Albert Ribalta

Videos

Press kit

Press kit (Spanish version)

Press clipping

  • Newspapers

    ABC — Celebración con dolor
  • El País — Veinticinco años de comedia y dolor
  • El País - Babelia — T de Teatre: bodas de plata
  • El Periódico — Dones i emocions
  • El Periódico - On Barcelona — Aniversari feliç
  • El Punt - Avui (Girona) — T de Teatre, de plata
  • La Vanguardia — T de Teatre celebra els 25 anys amb una comèdia sobre el dolor i les emocions
  • La Vanguardia - Què fem? — Això que et passa, et fa molt de mal?
  • Magazines

    El Mundo - Metrópoli — La ternura como antídoto
  • En escena — Todo gira en torno al dolor
  • Radio

    Cadena SER — Entrevista a Julio Manrique
  • Catalunya Ràdio - El matí de Catalunya Ràdio — Àgata Roca:"'E.V.A.' és una obra d'emocions, de dones, de dolor, de la realitat del segle XXI"
  • Catalunya Ràdio - Entre caixes — Amb "E. V. A.", les T de Teatre celebren els 25 anys amb Julio Manrique
  • RAC 1 - El Món a RAC 1 — T de Teatre
  • RAC 1 - No ho sé — T de Teatre celebra 25 anys dalt dels escenaris
  • Television

    Betevé- Àrtic — Entrevista a T de Teatre
  • RTVE — La hora cultural
  • TV3 — T de Teatre fan 25 anys i ho celebren amb l'obra "E.V.A." al Romea
  • TV3 - Tria 33 — Propostes de teatre
  • TVE - Punts de vista — Entrevista a les T

Original Soundtrack

  • https://www.tdeteatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/EVA_MarcoMezquida_CarolaOrtiz_PacoWeht_CarlosFalanga.mp3
    e.v.a.   —   Marco Mezquida, Carola Ortiz, Paco Weht and Carlos Falanga
  • https://www.tdeteatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/TheLogicalSong_cover_-MarcoMezquida_CarolaOrtiz_PacoWeht_CarlosFalanga.mp3
    The Logical Song   —   Marco Mezquida, Carola Ortiz, Paco Weht and Carlos Falanga
  • https://www.tdeteatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Veinteanos-MarcoMezquida_CarolaOrtiz_PacoWeht_CarlosFalanga.mp3
    Veinte años   —   Marco Mezquida, Carola Ortiz, Paco Weht and Carlos Falanga

Poster