THE AMBIVALENT FATHER-DAUGHTER BOND – INSPIRED BY LEAR AND CORDELIA.
A father disowns his child. And not just any father, but the titular Lear of Shakespeare’s play. Starting from the breakdown in communication between the king and his favourite daughter, Andrea Jiménez explores the complexity of intergenerational relationships, drawing on her own life story, in which she was forced to play the role of Cordelia. At each performance, she directs a different actor as he auditions for the role of King Lear, without prior rehearsal: a device she uses to take the audience through a cascade of emotions. In evoking the father figure – both biological and metaphorical – she reminds us all of our own pasts, and how we might free ourselves from them.
Hugues Le Tanneur
Script and original idea Andrea Jiménez
Based on King Lear by William Shakespeare
French translation Lise Belperron
Direction Andrea Jiménez and Úrsula Martínez
Dramaturgy Olga Iglesias
Music Lucas Ariel
Lighting and set design Judit Colomer
Costumes Yaiza Pinillos
Movement Inés Narváez et Amaya Galeote
Assistant direction Oscar Martínez Gil
Régie générale Mélanie Pindado
Régie plateau Raúl Baena et Eduardo Vizuete
Régie son Carlos González
Direction de production et Production exécutive Nuria-Cruz Moreno
Assistanat à la direction de production Fabián Ojeda Villafuerte
Production et régie Blanca Serrano
Tournée et régie Paco Flor
Direction technique Manuel Fuster et Alberto de las Heras
Coordination des comédiens invités María Díaz
Construction du décor Óscar Muñoz – La Caverna del Érebo
Administration Henar Hernández
Relations presse María Díaz
Photographie Sergio Parra
Conception de l’affiche Eva Ramón
Diffusion Spagne Fran Ávila Distribución
Transport FJS Transporte
Featuring Andrea Jiménez, Matthieu Luro and a different guest actor for each performance; Nicolas Bouchaud, Marcel Bozonnet, Jérôme Deschamps, Pascal Greggory, Arthur Nauzyciel, Laurent Poitrenaux, Dorcy Rugamba
Production Barco Pirata, Teatro de La Abadía (Madrid), Andrea Jiménez. Coproduction Le Théâtre Garonne – Toulouse pour la version Française. Executive production and diffusion française OTTO PRODUCTIONS. With the support of INAEM (Madrid), Comunidad de Madrid. Residencies La Moissie Creative Residencies (Belvès) – Théâtre Garonne.