MONDAY 9/2, 19H. 6€
CAIXAFORUM. Eduardo Primo Yúfera, 1A
No one escaped the sharp pen of the swashbuckler and libertine Cyrano de Bergerac. He was a real character who died in the 36 years with many enemies. Followers too. It is said that Molière was inspired by his satirical works and that the master of science fiction Arthur C. Clarke praised him for pioneering the genre. But what helped him rise to fame was the playwright Edmond Rostand, who immortalized his most brazen and adventurous side in the play that bears his name. It is the one that Joan Carreras adapts to the Cyrano monologue, which revives the essence of the original text in a contemporary context. Carreras embodies a romantic hero marked by insecurity (he's huge in the!) and the struggle against appearances in a society obsessed with image and superficiality. AU
