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LA ESTUPIDEZ

By Rafael Spregelburd
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Timetable
Tuesday to Saturday at 8.30pm, Sundays at 7.30pm.
Price
22€. 25% discount on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Format
Venue
Naves Matadero
Sala Max Aub
Institution
A play by Argentine playwright Rafael Spregelburd which explores the fragile nature of intelligence in today’s world.
La Estupidez is a play by Argentine playwright Rafael Spregelburd which explores the fragile nature of intelligence in today’s world.   It does so in the format of a road movie (road theatre, in this case), through a group of characters trying to get rich in Las Vegas: two criminals who want to sell an old stolen painting before it fades completely; a mathematical method for winning at roulette linked to a fearsome mathematical equation that encrypts the secret to the Apocalypse; the Sicilian mafia, which is creating a new pop star; and motorcycle-mounted police whose lives are powerfully affected by a web of betrayals. All of this takes place simultaneously. And in Las Vegas…   La Estupidez depicts, in a grotesque and exaggerated manner, the greed for and power of money as the driving force in a fragmented, dissociated society which sees only the monetary value of everything that surrounds it. The underlying parody and criticism extend to all of society and its institutions. What’s that? You’d like to spend a night in Vegas?



Director: Fernando Soto
Playwright: Rafael Spregelburd

Cast:
Fran Perea: John, Mr. Bancroft, Oficial Wilcox, Brad Finnegan, Ken.
Toni Acosta: Emma Toogood, Laetitia, Jane, Berta
Ainhoa Santamaría: Susan, Maggie, Ivy, Veronica Aldgate, Flo Cohen.
Javi Coll: Oficial Zielinsky, Robert Finnegan, Martin, Lee Okazu Buckley, Carlo Bonelli.
Javier Márquez: Richard Troy, Ralph Oficial Davis, Lino Venutti, Donnie Crabtree. Special offstage commentary: Carlos Hipólito
Artistic team:
Assistant director: Laura Ortega Set design: Elisa Sanz
Lighting design: Juan Gómez-Cornejo
Technical director: Alejandro Gallo
Costume design: Arantxa Ezquerro
Music and sound space: David Angulo
Production assistant: Jesús Sala
Communications: Marea GlobalCOM
Graphic design: Gorka Garmendia
Distribution: Traspasos Kultur   Una producción de Feelgood Teatro.
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LA ESTUPIDEZ