Lola Arias
Los días afuera
Buenos Aires, Berlin
Lola Arias returns to the Zürcher Theater Spektakel – with a play that lets us have a glimpse behind the walls of a prison. Arias has been researching and working in women’s prisons in her native Argentina for a few years now. The number of prisoners from precarious backgrounds – often serving time for drug smuggling – has risen sharply in recent years. During the pandemic, Lola Arias came across Caseros, a vacant prison in the south of Buenos Aires, and began to shoot a feature film with a cast of queer, female-read and trans people.
«Reas», a mix of documentary and musical film, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this year. Lola Arias has since developed the material further with the same cast to create a captivating theatre play. «Los días afuera», meaning «The days out there», has become a sensual fusion of documentary, musical and dance theatre. The focus is on the experiences of those involved: How has their time in prison changed their lives? How has their return to their families and to society turned out? And how do they now imagine their future? An evening full of rousing emancipatory power that isboth inspiring and thought-provoking. (se)
Simple words
«Los días afuera» means «days in the open air» in Spanish.
Here it means: out of prison.
The play is a mix of theatre, musical and real-life stories.
On stage are women and trans people.
They were in prison in Argentina and tell their stories.
Now they are out and looking forward to their future.
Artistic direction and cast
| Konzept, Recherche, Text & Regie | Lola Arias |
|---|---|
| Mit | Yoseli Marlene Arias, Ignacio Amador Rodriguez, Estefania del Lujan Hardcastle, Noelia Luciana Perez, Paulita Veronica Asturayme, Carla Romina Canteros, |
| Live-Musik | Inés Copertino |
| Dramaturgie | Bibiana Mendes |
| Textberatung | Alan Pauls |
| Bühne | Mariana Tirantte |
| Licht & Technische Direktion | David Seldes |
| Kostüme | Andy Piffer |
| Video | Martin Borini |
| Musik | Ulises Conti, Inés Copertino |
| Sound | Ernesto Fara |
| Choreografie | |
| Andrea Servera | |
| Regieassistenz | |
| Pablo Garcia | |
| Künstlerische Produktion | Luz Algranti, Sofia Medici |
| Produktion & Administration | Mara Martínez |
| Tour Management | Lucila Piffer |
| Technische Produktion | Ezequiel Paredes |
| Produktionsassistent | Juan Manuel Zuluaga Bolivar |
| Foto | Carlos Furman |
Production
| Produktion | Lola Arias Company (zusammen mit Gema Films) |
|---|---|
| Koproduktion | |
| Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires, Festival d’Avignon, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), La Comédie de Genève, Théâtre national Wallonie- Bruxelles, Festival Tangente St. Pölten, Kaserne Basel, Maxim Gorki Theater (Berlin), Nationaltheatret (Oslo), Scène nationale du Sud-Aquitain (Bayonne), Le Parvis Scène nationale Tarbes-Pyrénées, La Rose des vents – Scène nationale Lille Métropole Villeneuve-d’Ascq, NEXT Festival, Théâtre national de Strasbourg, Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel (Hamburg), Théâtre national de Bordeaux en Aquitaine, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt), The Brighton Festival | |
| Unterstützung | Fonds TransFabrik, deutsch- französischer Fonds für darstellende Künste |
| Premiere | Mai 2024, Teatro Presidente Alvear – Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires |
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Duration
1 hrs.
Language
Spanish
Surtitles
German, English
Age
16 years plus
Post-Performance Talk
Fri 16.8., after the performance
An inclusive event
Film
Sun 18.8., 18.40 hrs., Film «Reas» at Kino Riff Raff in Zurich.
Talk with Lola Arias after the film screening.
Collaboration
The guest performance takes place - also for reasons of sustainability - in collaboration with the International Summer Festival Kampnagel, Hamburg and the Theaterfestival Basel.
Content Notes / Trigger Warnings
The piece addresses experiences of violence, depression and substance addiction.
The performers show strong emotions on stage.
There are strong smells, loud music and sudden changes of light.
The performers interact with the audience.
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Dates
shows from today- Th 15.08. 19:00 - 20:45 CHF 49.–/29.–
- Fr 16.08. 19:00 - 20:45 CHF 49.–/29.–
- Sa 17.08. 18:00 - 19:45 CHF 49.–/29.–