Theatrical adaptation and direction by Laura Pizarro, Zagal Et Jaime Lorca (Ex-La Troppa)
Inspired by the novel by Agota Kristof
With Laura Pizarro, Zagal, José Manuel Aguirre
Santiago’s Compañía Teatrocinema will perform Gemelos, a chilling play about twin brothers who grow up living with their grandmother while learning the harsh reality of a devastating war. Gemelos was created by performers Laura Pizarro and Juan Carlos Zagal, both former members of the well-known Chilean theater group La Troppa, along with Jaime Lorca, another La Troppa member. First performed in 1999, it is based on the novel The Notebook, published in 1986 as the first book in a trilogy by Hungarian writer Agota Kristof (b. 1935), a provocative exponent of European new-wave fiction. Her novel has been described as a blend of Hansel and Gretel and Jerzy N. Kosinski’s The Painted Bird.
Using a device familiar to lovers of silent film, Gemelos begins with an iris eye that opens and closes on a series of vignettes. Wearing a variety of half-masks, the three renowned Chilean actors perform all the roles on a small-scale stage with a simulated Italian proscenium, creating a forced perspective that gives the illusion that they are the size of puppets. This visually stunning and dramatically powerful piece won all the major theater awards in Chile. The company has since toured it to Argentina, Portugal, France, Spain Mexico, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Brazil and Korea.
When: Friday, June 20, 2014, from 8:30 to 10 p.m.
Where: Théâtre Outremont (1248 Bernard Ave. W., between Champagneur Street and Bloomfield Avenue) Outremont Metro station
Tickets: $15; Tickets can be purchased online from Théâtre Outremont.
About Teatrocinema
Originally founded in 1987 as “La Troppa”, Teatrocinema is an inventive and original theatre company who create an ingenious fusion of cinema and theatre. Their highly stylized staging is a seamless blend of live action and film projection – technical and theatrical wizardry. Their productions have toured worldwide and seen by thousands in North & South America, Europe & Asia. A collective of artists from the most diverse disciplines, gathered by the mutual quest for beauty, poetry, literature, image and music.
Gemelos is presented as part of the 2014 Encuentro
From June 21 to 28, 2014, the 2014 edition of the Encuentro, MANIFEST! Choreographing Social Movements in the Americas, will unite artists, activists, and scholars in Montreal to investigate the aesthetic, social, and choreographic techniques that transform political ideas into collective images, through actions, embodied utterances and ways of being.
Gemelos will be performed in Spanish with French subtitles.
