No miris (Don’t Look)

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Image courtesy of Grec Festival de Barcelona.

The characters on stage exist on the border between political commitment, betrayal, guilt, and silence. Do we need to dehumanize a monster to recognize it? Could we ourselves be the monster? And what about love? How do you love a father rejected by those around him? Performers Pep Cruz, Marta Marco, and Erol Ileri are caught in a thriller exploring the grey areas of the human condition as they attempt to put abysses of one family, and, by extension, an entire society, into words.

Verónica Estay Stange, daughter of victims of the Chilean dictatorship and niece of a perpetrator of the horror, Miguel Estay, alias El Fanta, undertakes a personal journey to fill the silences that divided her family and reinterpret the trauma experienced by the second generation after traumatic events. Half a century has passed since the dictatorships in Spain, Chile, Argentina, and many other countries. When tyranny as a form of government seemed a thing of the past, it is more necessary than ever to remember how easily any of us can fall into evil through frustration, resentment, or fear, fueled by uncertainty. The fragility of our democracies leads us to accept violations of fundamental rights in the name of security and even freedom. Exploring the grey areas helps us gauge our complicity with horror.

These are some of the issues the audience will reflect on during the performance, and also before and after the show while listening to the accompanying podcast for No miris, titled La mala memòria. Àlbum sonor contra l’oblit (Bad Memory. Album Against Forgetting). Six 30-minute episodes. Each chapter presents an uncomfortable dilemma about the limits of evil and the ways in which it can be trivialize. These are real first-person stories that go beyond any work of fiction.  

Culture acts as a driver for dialogue and reflection, while theater provides a language to express what cannot be put into words. This is the approach of the multidisciplinary team of professionals who make up Cultura i Conflicte. They work across the performing arts, audiovisual media, journalism, and photography, following shared research processes with the aim of raising new questions and offering fresh perspectives on a reality that is always multifaceted and diverse.Their works include Encara hi ha algú al bosc (2020), about the Balkan wars, which was also adapted into a documentary and photography exhibition, and Moriu-vos (2022), a stage piece exploring ageism, featuring older dancers, which also became the basis for a photographic and audiovisual installation.

Event will be held in Catalan with English subtitles.

Sounds of the City: Summer Music Festivals

What are your plans for summer? If you’re staying in the city, you won’t be alone. Barcelona is becoming a go-to destination for festival lovers, given Catalunya’s covetable combination of culture, great weather and an increasingly diverse concert circuit. So if you’re looking to expand your horizons while staying put this season, check out our article Sounds of the City: Summer Music Festivals for a summary of the summer music events taking place in Barcelona, from big-name gatherings to boutique takeovers.

For more music events check our online events calendar.