Teatro Amazonas

Azkona & Toloza

At distance

2020
At distance 2020

A delicate, rigorous and ironic piece of documentary theatre portraying capitalism’s destruction of the Amazon rainforest

Colonialism
Documentary theatre
To understand the world

Teatro Amazonas is the third part of Azkona & Toloza’s Pacífico documentary trilogy. A critical and geographical journey through the many forms of historical and contemporary colonialism, the barbarism wielded over Latin American territory, and the destruction of the land and indigenous cultures. With documentary rigour and a very ironic subtext, this duo now focuses on Brazil’s Amazon rainforest to explain the serious conflict between nature and its inhabitants and relentless capitalist exploitation. Discordance mixed with the madness created by this overwhelming environment, such as building a luxurious opera house in the middle of the jungle.

Artistic team

Authory: Azkona & Toloza
Staging and dramaturgy: Laida Azkona Goñi and Txalo Toloza-Fernández
Performers: Laida Azkona Goñi and Txalo Toloza-Fernández
Scenic space: Xesca Salva and Azkona & Toloza
Costume: Sara Espinosa
Lighting: Ana Rovira
Original soundtrack and sound space: Rodrigo Rammsy
Sound concept: Juan Cristóbal Saavedra
Audiovisual design: MiPrimerDrop
Direction and dramaturgy assistant: Raquel Cors Munt
Research: Leonardo Gamboa Caneo
Production: Azkona & Toloza, Grec Festival de Barcelona, Théâtre de la Ville de Paris, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Théâtre Garonne – scène européenne, Marche Teatro – Inteatro Festival and Antic Teatre de Barcelona
With the collaboration of: DNA Creación 2019, Azala Espazioa, El Graner – Mercat de les Flors, La Caldera, Teatre L’Artesà, Teatro Gayarre, Nave – Centro de Creación e Innova Cultural – Fundación Bancaria Caja Navarra and Obra Social “la Caixa”
Project associated with LABEA, Laboratorio de Arte y Ecología
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