El día del Watusi
Francisco Casavella's great novel transforms into a vital chronicle of the shantytowns of Barcelona and the Transition, the B-side of the Olympic dream.
Francisco Casavella's great novel transforms into a vital chronicle of the shantytowns of Barcelona and the Transition, the B-side of the Olympic dream.
Last season’s most awarded play, El día del Watusi, renews its cast but not its corrosive view of recent memory. Fernando Atienza, a drifter and witness to three turbulent decades, recounts his life from the shantytowns of Montjuïc to the 1992 Olympic dream. It all starts from a key day: August 15, 1971, a day that will shape the protagonist’s way of understanding the world. The great project by director Iván Morales (Esmorza amb mi, TA18) builds, based on Francisco Casavella’s novel, a lucid and poignant portrait of Barcelona.
Artistic team
Author: Francisco Casavella
Director: Iván Morales
Performers: Anna Alarcón, Eduard Alves Fernández, Guillem Balart, Artur Busquets, David Climent, Raquel Ferri, and Vanessa Segura
Musical Direction: Jordi Busquets and Eduard Alves
Scenography: Jose Novoa
Costume Design: Oriol Corral
Lighting: Toni Ubach and Ana Rovira
Sound Design: Jordi Busquets and Eduard Alves
Movement: David Climent
Co-production: Los Montoya, Teatre Lliure, and Festival Grec de Barcelona
By the same director
La cabra, o qui és Sylvia? (TA20), La partida d’escacs (TA19), Esmorza amb mi (TA18), Pares nostres (TA16), Jo mai (TA13)
