Starring: Candela Peña, Pilar Castro, Xavi Mira and Andrew Tarbet] | 47 Festival of Theatre, Music and Dance in San Javier |
Date: Friday August 12
Time: 22: 30h
Venue: Auditorio Parque Almansa, San Javier
Admission: 14-16euros
Candela Peña premieres in the theater with "Top Neighbors" which also marks the theatrical debut of filmmaker Cesc Gay, author and director of assembly
Pilar Castro, Xavi Mira and Andrew Tarbet complete the cast of this comedy that humorously deals with the world of the couple and sexuality
"Neighbors above" one of the successes of the Madrid theater season, arrives at the Festival of San Javier, with almost full capacity, and with the added attraction of seeing the premiere theater, as writer and director, filmmaker Cesc Gay, winner of a Goya for "Truman" and actress Candela Peña also climbs to the tables for the first time, sharing deal with Pilar Castro, Xavi Mira and Andrew Tarbet.
The work addresses the relationship from a marriage, formed by Candela Peña and Xavi Mira, which is already in agonal phase, when they decide to invite to dinner at their upstairs neighbors, Pilar Castro and Andrew Tarbet, a couple happy and uninhibited that will mirror and shake the false reality of the life they lead their hosts.
Cesc Gay, whose capacity for dialogue and directing actors is amply demonstrated in his film side, gets "upstairs neighbors", a modern, fresh and intelligent text on a classic theme as married life and sexuality, which he highlights the humor and speed with some accurate replicas dialogues that cause laughter among the audience that does not cost you identify with the subject.
Humor also gives way to pain, disappointment and affection, in this text, inspired by a personal experience of the director with a "upstairs neighbors", from which developed his first work, with which Cesc Gay breaks into theatrical comedy, humor raising for a profound reflection on life as a couple.
"Neighbors above" premiered first in Catalan in the Romea Theater of Barcelona, ​​last year, with Catalan actors before the Castilian version also directed by Cesc Gay was presented on 4 April in the Teatro La Latina .
The representation has filled the Madrid theater until last July 3, when representations ceased to make way for a tour that has the Festival of San Javier, among his first appointments.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier