The editorial phenomenon “Las gratitudes” by Delphine de Vigan follows the script

This question arose for Juan Carlos Fisher when he read the novel in 2021.I am convinced of the universe that De Vigan has created. When I entered the book, I felt it had dramatic potential and was compelled to explore the feasibility of adapting this novel,” he comments.

He had, in a way, a sufficiently theatrical component. Last gratitude It is calculated from the construction of three equally scenic voices: Michka, Marie and Jérôma, the speech therapist of an elderly woman who visits her in the home where she is being cared for.

Interpreted respectively according to Fisher’s proposal Gloria Muñoz, Macarena Sanz and Rómulo Assereto – a constant in all the director’s projects as an assistant director – three characters enter their own sorrows and joys in a brilliant story that reminds us of the importance of others in the lives of others.

To history, comments playwright Marta Betoldiová, entrusted with the theatrical version of our story “welcoming as an act of resistance”. The development of life, life, cognitive disorders and loneliness are some of the stimuli that De Vigan experiences along the way. “Last gratitude we treat the fragility we take over time, acceptance as an urgent act that must be recorded. This text tells us about memory, its edges and edges”.

“Now the other is considered the enemy. I believe the world needs more kindness.” Juan Carlos Fisher

It’s also about communication and death, Fisher says. “In the novel, we witness how a person who has all abilities is forced to lose abilities in order to verbalize what they feel. But we see a similarity between two people who also do these things, not because of a neurological problem, but because of emotional incapacity.” There are various painful and sad themes, but they are touched by the light. Last gratitude has humor and vitality, something we intend to keep at work”.

Your Fisher is welcome. It’s been a month since I introduced a product adaptation Liliana’s Invincible Truthon music day Oh mom! another trip and on April 15 he returned to Madrid with Effectby Lucy Prebble, a work which was planned as a great spectacle.

“I wanted to put together a kind of electronic rave because this story tells you about pheromones, drugs and love. Last gratitude It’s the complete opposite, it’s like a gift for the soul. It’s the kind of work where you want to know that the story is itself, try to minimize all kinds of artistic caveats, because the strength lies in the limitations of the characters and in the intimate scenes”.

Following his philosophy of less and more than you see in it Prima FaciaHere, Fisher chooses a minimalist scenography set in a residential environment without, however, being forced to use this environment. “Get as much space as possible to feel as comfortable as possiblethat the woman’s presence is most important and that everything happens.”

The rest of the weight was taken by the three actors and the adaptation that took place towards Betoldi. “A novel has the basic material for writing a story –confirms the playwright–. All this is in this text and it is also in this text. I returned to my complete work to respect my authorial voice and my living life to satisfy my own voice”.

Both Betoldi and Fisher agree on the relevance of this history in contemporary society. “In such a devastated world, peace, trust and kindness are revolutionary acts who live and hope in the midst of so much death,” says the first.

“Don’t let us lose sight of the important people we have in our lives – besides the director – We need to know that we are also: generosity, kindness, gratitude and kindness. Now the other is seen as the enemy, as someone who wants to destroy us, and I believe the world needs a little more love.

So it only begs the question. do you want them You asked me how many times in your life have you really thanked me? The answer at the Teatro de La Abadía is until May 10.