Theatre

OCEANÍA

A theatre project by Gerardo Vera and José Luis Collado

Oceania is Gerardo Vera’s artistic and vital testament; the fulfilment of a promise before he died.

27 to 28 may 2022

Oceania is Gerardo Vera’s artistic and vital testament. It is the last project he created before his premature death from coronavirus, and undoubtedly the most exciting of the thousands of works performed throughout his fifty-year career on screen and stage.

Oceania is the memory of a passionate life. It is the portrait of a country and an era. It is the autumnal gaze of an exceptional man who, one day, felt the need to put the story of his life into black and white. Hundreds of pages in which he unashamedly captures a reality filtered through the veil of memory: his privileged childhood, the agonising ruin of his family, the birth of his eternal love for the cinema, the discovery of love, the heartbreak of falling out of love, political commitment, the hatred of one’s father, reconciliation through compassion: And the germ of theatre, his true passion that accompanied him until his last days.

Oceania is the result of condensing these pages into a monologue. It is a text on which Gerardo and I worked hand-in-hand for months, and whose final result, the one we present here, filled him with pride.

Oceanía is a sincere and profound posthumous tribute from his theatrical family, headed by Carlos Hipólito, who generously steps into Gerardo’s shoes, without Gerardo, and José Luis Arellano, who took up the baton to finish what his maestro and friend had started.

Text by José Luis Collado


The team


Director: José Luis Arellano
Actor: Carlos Hipolito
Scenography and costume design: Alejandro Andújar
Lighting design: Juan Gómez-Cornejo (A.A.I.)
Digital scenography: Álvaro Luna
Musical composition: Luis Delgado
Graphic design: Rubén Salgueiros
Executive producer: Mikel Gómez de Segura, Isabel Romero de León COART+E
Production design: Mikel Gómez de Segura
Distribution: Charo Fdz. – Traspasos

Passes

27 - 19:30h.
28 - 19:00h.

Prices

12 - 25€ /with discounts

Friends of Arriaga:
From 25% to 35% DISCOUNT.

Groups, young people, over-65s, unemployed, large families and people with 33%+ disability:
25% DISCOUNT.

Theatre professionals:
20% DISCOUNT.

Last minute discount (for above-mentioned groups, except Friends of Arriaga):
50% DISCOUNT.

Last minute discount for Young Friends of Arriaga:
70% DISCOUNT.

People with disabilities who use wheelchairs:
50% DISCOUNT (in proscenium balcony and one accompanying person)

Duration

90 min.

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