The visitors will present the
piece Miguel Hernandez, by Julio Salvatierra, on the great poet
who fought in the Spanish Civil War and died in Franco prisons
due to the inhuman conditions he was subjected to.
The piece takes place in the prison of Alicante, where the
Spanish intellectual spent the last days of his life. There,
he’s visited by his ghosts, among them his wife, Josefina
Manresa; his childhood friend Ramon Sije; the admired Chilean
poet Pablo Neruda; and a mysterious woman, whom perhaps he met
in Madrid.
The troupe is made up by Alvaro Lavin, Esteban Pico, Chani
Martin, Paloma Vidal and Marina Seresesky, under the direction
of Seresesky and Lavin.
Founded in 1992, Teatro Meridional has created 18 pieces,
jointly produced between Spain, Italy and Portugal, which have
been presented in numerous theaters and festivals in 14 nations
and have received several international acknowledgements.
Presently based in Madrid, the company’s productions are mainly
directed to Europe and Latin America. Within Mediterranean
theater styles, it searches for a common cultural essence shared
by all of its members, based on the main concern for every
actor’s interpretative work.