The idea and the company

WELL MEANT CAN BE THE OPPOSITE OF BEING GOOD!

HOW CAN WE HELP IN THE RIGHT WAY?

WELL MEANT CAN BE THE OPPOSITE OF BEING GOOD!

HOW CAN WE HELP IN THE RIGHT WAY?

Barcelona, October 2011

Dear Friends and Supporters:

Our production of Thomas Bernhard’s play, A Party for Boris (Una fiesta para Boris) will be performed in Barcelona at the end of 2011 on what would have been the playwright’s 80th birthday. We are extremely grateful to receive funding from CoNCa (the Catalan Arts Council), the Austrian Cultural Forum in Madrid and the Goethe Institute in Barcelona. We have been offered a two-week residency at the theatre in Can Felipa www.bcn.cat/canfelipa (Poblenou, Barcelona). The première will be on the 29th of December at 20:00 pm, and four further performances on the 30th of December, 2nd, 3rd and 4th of January 2012. A matinée performance will take place on the 2nd of January at 15:00pm.

A pre-performance talk with Miguel Sáenz will take place on the 2nd of January 2012 at 18.30.

The production will be the Spanish première of this play in Miguel Sáenz’s excellent translation. The ensemble consists of a group of 16 amputees. Amparo Valle will play the role of The Good Woman (La Buena); the German actress Anke Rauthmann is going to be Johanna. The group of the legless is made up from the participants of the workshops we held in March and April 2011 at L’Estruch (Sabadell).

 

The project is now coproduced by the Catalan theatre company Alta Realitat www.altarealitat.com

With our activities, we want to reach people who are wrongly considered as “socially excluded,” actively involve them in a creative process and give the inclination for a more tolerant society. Amongst numerous socially relevant themes, helping stands as the central message of the play.

“The Good Woman“, the main protagonist of the story, suffers from the so-called helpers syndrome. In her mind, the only way to be on a level playing field with others, ironically, is to humiliate them via an assumed need for help in order to boost her own self-confidence. The development of an absurd rhythm and fatally vicious circle in conjunction with a danse macabre that celebrates the mutilation of human relationships ensures this dark play will grip the audience and keep them laughing.

The professional background of the creative team and ensemble doubtlessly promises a production standard that will meet the literary requirement of a text by Thomas Bernhard.

We still need more support to bring this exciting project to life, either with economical support or other production requirements.

Help us! Support us!

We are looking forward to continuing a constructive dialogue and welcoming you at Can Felipa.

Yours sincerely,

Matthias Janser, Ferran Audi and Raül Perales