'La forma humana' by Pablo Messiez

“YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER”

There are events that should not be improbable.

Accepting ourselves as human should be commonplace. Understanding that we are constantly inventing ways to relate to one another. To love each other. To depend. To rest in order to be.

In La forma humana, an encounter is articulated between two profound shocks experienced by Pablo Messiez: the reading of El cordero carnívoro by Agustín Gómez Arcos, and the paintings of Francis Bacon. Both form the framework and substance of a ménage à quatre as far removed from standard conventions as it is close to the simplicity of real life. With the natural ease of someone who knows that life is just like that, the four characters strive to be honest, authentic, and joyful. That is no small feat. I prefer not to reveal anything of the plot, because therein lies the poetry of the human condition.

Omar Ayuso, Cris Blanco, Rebeca Hernando, and José Juan Rodríguez bring flesh to this hypothesis of space and presence. How to be together within that melting pot that is the stage, drawing from backgrounds as diverse as a Netflix series and performance art—yet remaining so close. Trust us, because it will be possible.

We are going to be fine, provided our bodies touch another body somewhere, both of us filled with hope: that is what this play is about. That is what theater is about. Stubbornly reminding us that life simply is.

Pilar G. Almansa

Season 26/27 Dramaturg