Teatre d’amadors aims to influence the fictional capacity of the amateur actor and make visible the awareness and management of the symbolic value of the group. It is in amateur theatre where the actor never disappears behind the character, but rather his social role continues to be present on stage, in a theatre in which the actors and the audience are often interchangeable and form part of the same social group.
The amateur theatre group El Centre, from the Gràcia neighbourhood of Barcelona, has been asked to rework a text from its repertoire (La Rambla de les floristes, by Josep Maria de Sagarra) assuming the absence of one of the actors in the play, avoiding the “productive” solution – finding a substitute for the missing actor – and prioritising the “affective” route, to reveal the discourse and give greater visibility to the bonds between the members.
The project seeks to bear witness to the entire process – of work, emotional and aesthetic – that arose from this fictional pact. During the months of October and November, a series of rehearsals and work sessions will be staged in front of the camera.
The film resulting from the process will be screened to the public at the group's headquarters, the El Centre theatre. Later, there will be a discussion with the artist and people linked to the project, followed by the presentation of the corresponding publication.
Location: theatre El Centre de Gràcia, carrer de Ros de Olano, 9
Date: Saturday, January 21, 2017
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 60 min
