2024-04-18 17:57:42
Photos: Jorge Luis Borges
By: Karla Castillo
The ninth German Theater Week arrived in 2020 as “an oasis in the middle of a year deprived of life,” as Cuban playwright Reinaldo Montero characterized it, and it is no wonder, after so many months of pause for the performing arts in the world because of the pandemic.
From the 6th to the 15th of this month, Havana commemorated great playwrights through the adaptation of their works by Cuban directors, and although the week was reduced in terms of activities because it was not possible to invite German directors to exchange with the Cubans, it was They developed a total of five premieres, plus a revival, a performance and the theoretical event held at the Ludwig Foundation.
Furor It was one of these proposals, which came under the direction of Miguel Abreu. A work that talks about class differences and political debate, as well as the role of social networks. It seems that, despite some particularities, the essence of the staging speaks of today’s Cuba. Despite the masks, it was evident how the public felt reflected in that mother who was outraged by her working-class son being run over, how the figure of the politician remembered so many characters with whom we have exchanged, whether real or virtual. . The press, what does the press do? Elements such as the selfie, Google, fake news, provided Furor of an impressive topicality, which other works often lack.
Its conception made the public participate without the need for words. It turned them into judges and part of the conflict. Without a doubt, a hopeful beginning for the art of tabla in Cuba.