Deserto
Synopsis
La Salita presents Deserto by the Polifônica theatre company. The performance is in Brazilian Portuguese with Spanish surtitles. Friday’s opening performance will be followed by a discussion with the audience.
Director and playwright Luiz Felipe Reis brings Deserto to the Autumn Festival, a Brazilian production inspired by the literary world of Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño. The piece explores an expanded form of theatre in which drama, literature, music, imagery and performance intertwine to create a distinctive narrative language. Rather than adapting Bolaño’s work, the production deconstructs and rewrites it for the stage, drawing on fragments from his novels, interviews and other texts.
On stage, actor Rodrigo Bolzan embodies the many facets of Bolaño’s voice in an exploration of memory and fiction, poetry and politics.
Deserto continues Luiz Felipe Reis’s exploration of theatrical forms that challenge conventional approaches to performance.
Luiz Felipe Reis is a director, playwright, researcher and audiovisual artist. Together with Julia Lund, he founded the Polifônica theatre company. His work lies at the intersection of contemporary theatre, the essay form and interdisciplinary artistic practices. Also trained as a cultural critic and journalist, Reis has developed a body of work characterised by an ongoing investigation into theatrical devices and the possibilities of performance.
Performers
Artistic Datasheet
Original concept, direction and dramaturgy: Luiz Felipe Reis
Performed by: Rodrigo Bolzan
Based on the work and memoirs of: Roberto Bolaño
Assistant director and subtitle operator: Julia Lund
Dramaturgical consultant: José Roberto Jardim
Movement direction and physical training: Lavínia Bizzotto
Musical direction and sound design: Pedro Sodré and Luiz Felipe Reis
Video design: Julio Parente
Lighting design: Alessandro Boschini
Set design: André Sanches and Débora Cancio
Costume design: Miti
Lighting technician: Rodrigo Lopes
Sound technician: Pedro Sodré
Video operator: Amarildo Moraes
Production manager: Sergio Saboya (Galharufa)
Executive producer: Roberta Dias (Caroteno Produções)
International tour and distribution: Giovana Soar
Original concept and co-production: Polifônica
Tickets
This show is recommended for those aged 16 and over.
Stage smoke and stage tobacco (not real tobacco) are used during the show.
Doors at La Salita open between 15 and 5 minutes before the performance begins.
Once the venue doors have closed for the start of the performance, no further admission will be permitted.
Admission is restricted to those aged five and over.
For further information, please see the general terms and conditions of purchase and venue regulations.
If you have any queries about the booking process, please email taquilla@auditoriodetenerife.com or call 922 568 625 from Monday to Friday between 10.00 and 14.00, excluding public holidays.