The Great Hunt

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«Do you know what keeps you awake?» "The Great Hunt", the monologue created and performed by playwright Juan Mayorga with production by Teatro del Barrio and scenic vision by Luz Arcas, kicks off a night of insomnia on a ship sailing from Sicily to the continent. The show is an inquiry by Juan Mayorga, playwright, stage director, teacher, academic of the language, artistic director of Teatro de La Abadía, National Theatre Prize and Princess of Asturias Prize for Literature, who defines himself as a learner. SYNOPSIS A man, in his cabin, at night, cannot sleep. Images of other ships, of other journeys, return to his memory again and again. It is, perhaps, a journey through time more than through space, because the Mediterranean is much more than a witness to the history of Europe: it is protagonist, it is jailer, it is undertaker, it is shaper of character, it is food for passions, it is god and devil, it is myth and reality. The traveller crosses a sea that gives structure to an idea of Europe, as the cradle of a culture capable of the best and the worst. Images that keep him awake and lead the traveller to think about the animals travelling with him in the ship's hold. Together they cross that sea which has seen the civilisation to which they belong grow, a civilisation that has developed culturally, but on the basis of wars, conquests and revolutions, often considering other civilisations as vulgar beasts. CREW Credits: Juan Mayorga Direction: Luz Arcas and Juan Mayorga Lighting: Virginia Rodríguez Artistic production: Ana Belén Santiago Assistant director: Miguel Valentín Executive production: Lucía Rico Technical direction: Tony Sánchez Communication: Paloma Fidalgo Photography: Laura Ortega Poster: Jacobo Gavira

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