THE COLLECTION
Juan Mayorga
Synopsis
Héctor and Berna are a childless married couple, throughout their lives they have gathered a collection to which they sacrificed everything else. Now, in their old age, they want to ensure that the collection survives them, for which they are looking for an heir. They have summoned Susana, a collector in turn, perhaps to evaluate her. They are accompanied by Carlos, perhaps himself an examiner, if not a piece of the collection. The collection is a show about marriage, about the passage of time and about the mysterious relationship between people and objects. “It was necessary for someone to create the collection. Images separated by oceans or centuries were waiting for someone to bring them together. Their destiny was the collection. If one day, a being capable of thinking and feeling finds the collection, a million years from now, they will know what humanity is and what it could have been. Before you go through that door, consider that, when you return to this side, you will see everything from the collection, including other people and yourselves. The collection reveals you. You can’t look at it without wondering who you are because it contains everything you are and everything you are not.
Reviews
elDiario - "The great Spanish actor, together with Ana Marzoa, revive the best theatre of the playwright from Madrid in a play that can be seen at the Teatro de la Abadía".
EL PAÍS - “The playwright's new play embeds a philosophical dialogue within the fabric of a comedy of intrigue defended tooth and nail by a cast led by José Sacristán and Ana Marzoa”.
TimeOut - "The most philosophical Mayorga returns in a play that gives us the opportunity to enjoy the legendary actor José Sacristán, who is still in top form at 86 years of age".
ABC Cultural - "The Collection: Mayorga returns, demanding and in-depth".
cineyteatro - “The circle of the theatrical event is thus complete: excellent playwright and great actors”.
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Cast
José Sacristán as Héctor
Ana Marzoa as Berna
Ignacio Jiménez as Carlos
Zaira Montes as Susana
Crew
Text and Direction: Juan Mayorga
Set Design: Alessio Meloni (AAPEE)
Assistant Director: Ana Barceló
Lighting Design: Juan Gómez Cornejo (A.A.I)
Costume Design: Vanessa Actif (AAPEE) and Sandra Espinosa
Music and sound space: Jaume Manresa
Executive Producers: Jair Souza-Ferreiro and Elisa Fernández
Assistant director: Alejandro Sánchez
Set design assistant: Mauro Coll (AAPEE)
Production assistants: Desirée Díaz
Technical director: Daniel Alcaráz (LA CIA. DE LA LUZ)
Graphic design: Javier Naval
Set design: La Caverna del Érebo
Press and Communication: María Díaz
Distribution: Julio Municio
Production Manager: Miguel Cuerdo
LAZONA Crew
Production: Jair Souza-Ferreiro and Elisa Fernández
Marketing and distribution
Communication and distribution assistant:
Cristina Sanz
Administration: Rocío Rifé
Accounting: Vanesa Murillo
Financial Director: Merche Herranz
Production Manager: Miguel Cuerdo
Dossier
Distribution
Julio Municio
jmunicio@lazona.eu
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