El fingidor
A show by Pep Tosar based on the life and work of Fernando Pessoa

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Season

2021/2022

January, 28

8 p.m.

January, 29

8 p.m.

Duration

90 minutes

Language

Català, castellà, portuguès (sobretitulat)

Price

Between 8 and 25 euros

Recommended age

From 14 years

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Pessoa, an author with a special connection to Africa, and his heteronyms, are the subject of a multi-discipline production that recreates the Portuguese writer’s universe using text, but also the languages of circus, music and audiovisuals.

In El Fingidor, Pep Tosar gives voice to the poet by reciting his poems or reviewing creations in prose, reading letters or introducing interviews, while the members of the Hotel Iocandi  circus company -Tomeu Amer and Griselda Juncà- use tightrope walking and acrobatics to allude to Pessoa’s heteronyms. Vocalist and cellist·Joana Gomila plays live music, along with the composer and pianist Elisabet Raspall and the composer and guitarist Eduard Iniesta, who specialises in the Portuguese guitar. 

As in Pep Tosar’s previous productions, video plays a leading role, in a show that includes the participation of the Mallorcan director Agustí Torres and features interviews with Pessoa specialists, translators of the poet and various other experts, as well as images of the Lisbon that emanates from the author’s work .

A 2021 Teatre Principal,  Barcelona Grec Festival and Oblideu-vos de nosaltres production.

Director and performer
Pep Tosar

Dramaturgy
Pep Tosar, Evelyn Arévalo

Piano
Elisabet Raspall

Vocals, guitar and double bass
Joana Gomila

Trapeze
Griselda Juncà

Ladders and tightrope walking
Tomeu Amer

Scenography
Roger Orra

Lighting
Sergio Roca i Pep Tosar

Video camera
Agustí Torres

Video assistant
Claudia Clemente

Video editing and montage
Pep Tosar, Agustí Torres

Interviewees
Maria Jose de Lancastre, Richard Zenith, Jerónimo Pizarro, Perfecto Cuadrado, Manuela Nogueira, Gabriel Sampol

Press office
Néstor Lozano

Comunication
Gabriela Marsal

Photography
Martí Fradera

Assistant director
Evelyn Arévalo

Producer
Gabriela Marsal (Suika)


A 2021 Barcelona Grec Festival, Teatre Principal de Palma de Mallorca and Oblideu-vos de nosaltres production
With the support of the Government of Catalonia, Ministry of Culture and the Institute of Language and Culture of the Balearic Islands (ILLENC)
With the co-operation of the Teatre Josep Maria de Sagarra de Santa Coloma de Gramenet


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The press says

"Una delicada experiència estètica"

ANA PRIETO. NÚVOL


"Al final de la peça, quan es difumina una de les poques imatges de Pessoa que n’hem conservat (una de les més cèlebres, val a dir-ho), tot el públic s’aixeca dempeus per comunicar que un cop més ha aconseguit l’essència del que es proposava amb el muntatge."

CARLES CABRERA. EL TEMPS DE LES ARTS