Dates / Schedules
April 16th 2023 05:00pm
Musical Theatre for singer/performer and percussion quartet
The woman that can see, based on the book Blindness [Ensaio sobre a Cegueira] published in 1995, brings together two events that mark our time. This new musical theater directed by Fuentes is, deliberately, a reflection on the Covid 19 pandemic that we have suffered since 2020 and, even more important than this difficult world situation, is the commemoration in 2022 of the 100th anniversary of the birth of José Saramago, Nobel Prize of Literature 1998. A writer who manages to expose the weight of human existence when there is a lack of new ways of thinking – a critic for improving the world and the societies in which we live
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THE DRAMATURGY
From the first moment, the audience is led to the confinement of the woman who can see it. Fuentes creates a harrowing musical theater in which the main character’s psychological abilities are central to the play’s narrative. We enter the woman’s world, we see with her eyes the darkness of confinement and also the sea of milk, like the white blindness that Saramago describes. In women, fear and hope are mixed, but also doubt and determination. She is strong and weak. We identify with it because it defines the human condition, between contradiction and paradox.
Despite being able to see, she decides to stay with the man she loves, suffering the consequences of confinement with him. The ending that Fuentes brings to the work is different from Saramago’s book and, as an omen announced from the beginning, the woman who sees it goes blind at the end of the work. With this tragic end, Fuentes launches a critique and reflection: we need to sharpen our vision, sharpen our sensitivity and be able to «see» in the most mystical, philosophical and human sense.
BLINDNESS – The woman that can see is a dark work that illuminates certain issues. «We are blind who, seeing, we cannot see», says Saramago. Do we intend not to see our reality to make our existence lighter? Fuentes raises the question on the scene.
Ages
+ 12 years
Data sheet
Stage direction Arturo Fuentes
Composter and light design Arturo Fuentes
Video direction Arturo Fuentes
Sound design Süse Ribeiro
Script and libretto by Arturo Fuentes, based on the book Blindness [Ensaio sobre a cegueira] (1995) by Portuguese writer José Saramago (1922-2010)
Performed by Drumming Grupo de Percussão
Conductor Miquel Bernat
Soprano and actress Raquel Camarinha
Production ARTWAY- Vanessa Pires e Patrícia Silveira
Published by LondonHall Editions, Áustria
Created by Arturo Fuentes
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Discount on the total purchase price
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PACK 2 30% 6 to 8 shows / 35% with CCB Card 6 to 8 shows
PACK 3 40% 9 or more shows / 45% with CCB Card 9 or more shows
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