Theatre
You Are My Destiny (lo stupro di Lucrezia)
Angélica Liddell / Atra Bilis Teatro
German premiere
Angélica Liddell / Atra Bilis Teatro: You Are My Destiny (lo stupro di Lucrezia) © Brigitte Enguerand
According to the ancient myth, Lucrece was a virtuous Roman woman who swore to be faithful to her husband and committed suicide after she was raped by Tarquin. Angélica Liddell, who is notorious for her excessive works, tells this tale of a rape trauma like a love story. On stage, ten virile, vigorous men face the fragile Lucrece, who does not just resign herself to her fate, but tries to contribute to its formulation. This is accompanied by a choir of Ukrainian men. In contrast to her previous works, in this piece, which is part of her “Resurrection Cycle”, the Catalan author, director and performer sets out on a search for faith and spirituality – without any hope, however, of salvation. During the past 20 years, Liddell’s art has developed from intimate works to monumental pieces with numerous performers on the big stage. Here, Liddell works with a group of men and boys who lend impressive momentum to this production.
With Joele Anastasi, Fabián Augusto, Ugo Giacomazzi, Julian Isenia, Lola Jiménez, Antonio L. Pedraza, Andrea Lanciotti, Angélica Liddell, Borja López, Emilio Marchese, Antonio Pauletta, Roberto de Sarno, Isaac Torres, Antonio Veneziano and Acelya Aydinoglu, Jona Eisenblätter, Carlo Healy, Simon Kux, Lea Metscher, Serafin Mishiev, Jenja Schichau, Nina Semmelroggen, Anny Siting Yang, Kian Weichert (Miguel Dymarczyck, Lilly Matschonschek)
Ukrainian Choir Free Voice (Anatolii Landar, Oleksii Ievdokimov, Mykhailo Lytvynenko)
Text, direction, set and costume design Angélica Liddell
Italian translation Marilena de Chiara
Translation Monika Kalitzke
Surtitles Victoria Aime
Lighting Carlos Marquerie
Sound Antonio Navarro
Costumes Pipa & Milagros
Bonnets Carolina Rivas
Lighting technician Octavio Gómez
Technical director Marc Bartoló
Directing assistant and stage manager Julio Provencio
Production manager Génica Montalbano, Sindo Puche, Saité Ye
Translation 36caracteres
Angélica Liddell / Atra Bilis Teatro: You Are My Destiny (lo stupro di Lucrezia)
© Brigitte Enguerand
Angélica Liddell / Atra Bilis Teatro: You Are My Destiny (lo stupro di Lucrezia)
© Brigitte Enguerand
Angélica Liddell / Atra Bilis Teatro: You Are My Destiny (lo stupro di Lucrezia)
© Brigitte Enguerand
Angélica Liddell / Atra Bilis Teatro: You Are My Destiny (lo stupro di Lucrezia)
© Brigitte Enguerand
Angélica Liddell / Atra Bilis Teatro: You Are My Destiny (lo stupro di Lucrezia)
© Brigitte Enguerand
Production: Iaquinandi, S.L.
Co-production: Prospero (Théâtre National de Bretagne – Rennes / Théâtre de Liège / Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione / Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz / Göteborgs Stadsteater / World Theatre Festival Zagreb / Festival of Athens and Epidaurus) / Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe / Festival d’Automne Paris / deSingel Internationale Kunstcampus / Holland Festival, Amsterdam / Le-Parvis Scène Nationale Tarbes Pyrénées / Comédie de Valence Centre dramatique national Drôme-Ardèche
Supported by Comunidad de Madrid and Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte – INAEM.
Heartfelt thanks to: Àlex Rigola and Biennale di Venezia for making the meeting with the actors possible. This play would have never existed without them.