The Tempest is the last play written by Shakespeare. Basically, it is a metatheatre piece par excellence. The island appearing in the story is on the level of the creative space of Prospero, the playwright, and Ariel, the stage director. In other words, a theatre inside another theatre. And as a creative space, we should consider the stage as that place where everything can happen and where the characters are thrown to in order to experience a transformative and revealing trip.
Of course, this play also deals with the particular themes of The Tempest as well as with the more generic and recurrent conceptual range of Shakespeare’s oeuvre: power exercise, the freedom desired by the characters, the mental and physical prisons, the parents-children relationship, revenge, pardon, and second opportunities.
We offer a daring and visually surprising version of The Tempest. The quality of this play is assured by the contribution of nine high stake performers from different generations, with the great Valencian actress Teresa Lozano playing Prospero, the protagonist.
Produced by the Institut Valencià de Cultura
Performers
Marina Alegre, Álvaro Báguena, Paula García Sabio, Nelo Gómez, Jaume Ibáñez, Jacobo Julio Roger, Jaime Linares, Teresa Lozano, Manuel Maestro
Version and Direction
Roberto García (IVC), from William Shakespeare
Direction Assistant
Lucía Sáez
Isabel Puig
Musical Composition
Carles Salvador
Scenography Design
Eduardo Moreno
Lighting Design
Miquel Llop (IVC)
Marc Gonzalo (A.A.I)
Decorative Lighting Design – Led
Ramón Jiménez (IVC)
Sound Design
Santiago Fuentes (IVC)
Fashion Design
Susa Martínez (IVC)
Esther Estrella
Linguistic Assessment
Nelo Gómez
Càrol Ferré
Scenography
Priamo Estudio
Characterization
Inma Fuentes
Voice-over
Paula García Sabio, Darío Torrent, Teresa Lozano, Victòria Mínguez
Choreography
Lucas Juan Ruiz Molina
Design and Image
Assad Kassab
Photography
Vicente A. Jiménez
Video Recording
Senina Moreno
Social Mediation: Habitem el Rialto
Silvia Clavel (IVC), Anna Albaladejo, Maribel Bayona
Technical staff / Communication / Promotion
IVC
Technical Coordination
Tito Beltrán (IVC), Juan Gallego (IVC), Alberto Suesta (IVC), Francisco González (IVC)
Executive Producer
Esther Moreno (IVC)
Performing Arts Direction IVC
Roberto García
Producer
Institut Valencià de Cultura
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Darío Torrent for supporting this initiative. We want also to thank Victòria Mínguez