e.v.a.

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

A dramatic comedy about pain

Synopsis

Pain can take many forms, from physical to the spiritual. The four characters tell us about it in the play, in the form of a comedy-drama.

E.V.A. is the Catalan acronym for the visual analog scale of pain (V.A.S. in English), a line marked with ten points used to measure the degree of pain a particular subject experiences. E.V.A. is also the title of a comedy-drama with which T de Teatre invite us to think about pain.

They speak to us of the poetry that sometimes accompanies it and present us with a list of the different forms it takes based on the stories of four old school friends: an actress who suffers a mental block and can’t sing; an anaesthetist – an expert on V.A.S. – who has ended up anaesthetizing her feelings; a single mother about to let her daughter (Eva!) fly the nest, and an estate agent who has never dared to make her own choices in life.

A coproduction by the 2017 Barcelona Grec Festival, T de Teatre and the Teatre Romea. With the support of the Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals, part of the Generalitat de Catalunya’s Department of Culture.

B as in Biography

E.V.A. premiered at the Teatre Romea in June 2017 as part of the Festival Grec in Barcelona, and afterward, undertook a long tour through the main theaters of our country and a season at the Kamikaze Pavón theater in Madrid. The show is saying adieu once again at Teatre Romea.

N as in Numbers

125 performances and was seen by a total of 42.000 people.

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 Institut Català de les Empreses Cultural del Departament de Cultura de la 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 June 30th of 2018.