Guillermo Calderón

Villa + Discurso

Archive 2012
Theatre

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Villa + Discurso

Text  and Direction, Guillermo Calderón
Direction Assistant, María Paz González
Set Design, María Fernanda Videla
With Francisca Lewin, Macarena Zamudio, Carla Romero
 

 


 

Production Compagnie Teatro Playa
Coproduction the Foundation Festival Internacional Teatro a Mil (Chili)  
Corealisation Théâtre de la Ville-Paris ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
Discurso was developed at the International Residency of the Royal Court Theatre of London en 2009.
With the support of the (DIRAC) of the  Ministry of foreign Affairs of Chile
 
Premiered January 16, 2011 at the Festival Internacional Santiago a Mil

 

Guillermo Calderón’s new diptych confronts Chile’s recent past head-on. Villa deals with the rehabilitation of one of the main torture sites during Pinochet’s dictatorship. Discurso is based on a fictitious farewell speech by Chile’s former leader Michelle Bachelet. Two brilliant meditations on history, performed by the same three women actors.

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