Programme 2024

Guillermo Cacace

Gaviota / Meeuw

Programma soort: Main programme
Genre: Theatre
Herkomst: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Extra info: With aftertalk on August 26th

Sitting around a table, covered in crisps and wine, the audience gathers around 5 women. Love, broken ambitions, and a melancholy of unspoken longings; this virtuosic reworking of The Seagull from Chekhov has it all.

Entrance

€ 18,-

Duration

100 minutes

Language

Spanish spoken, English subtitled

Location

De Machinefabriek

Accessibility

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A melancholic tale of misunderstandings

Unrequited loves, shattered dreams, and a curious blend of longing and disillusionment all converge around a single, modest table. In this addictively intense free adaptation of The Seagull. The spellbinding direction of Guillermo Cacace breathes life into Anton Chekhov’s beloved classic by timelessly exposing all painful truths to our collective quest for happiness. Around the table are five characters, Chekhov’s classically flawed aristocrats, relentlessly pursuing happiness amidst personal and collective turmoil. As you take place at the table, it becomes impossible to escape all the unspoken action between the extraordinary acting of the five women, whose melancholic stillness of words engrave images as vivid as experiencing them firsthand.

Critically acclaimed director Guillermo Cacace has brought us the mesmerizing performance El Mar de Noche in 2018 and continues to impress with his ability to bring beauty into brokenness in his newest performance.

Would you like to attend the performance with a wheelchair? Please contact us at tickets@noorderzon.nl

With aftertalk on August 26th at 21:00

This performance falls under the The Old Now New theme and you can get theme discounts. For more information, check out this page

Shows like Gaviota, which put in check any expectation about what the representation should be, which do not tell the public where to applaud, where to laugh, where to get excited and which allow the circulation of a new and particular sensibility for each one, are the most sacred refuge that art will always have, in the face of the advance of virtual, domesticated and alienated life

Author: LA NACION- Mercedes Mendez.

Thursday 22 August

Available times

19:00

Friday 23 August

Available times

21:00

Saturday 24 August

Available times

16:00 21:00

Sunday 25 August

Available times

16:00

Monday 26 August

Available times

21:00

About the artist

GAVIOTA has been involved in training, research, and stage production processes since 2003. Around that time, they first came together for a version of The Oresteia titled To Mama, marking their inaugural collaborative production. Over time, they pursued other smaller productions until they reached My Son Only Walks a Little Slower, which they have performed from 2014 to this year. This production has garnered numerous national and international awards and has been featured at various international festivals. Since 2020, they have been engaged in research for their adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, which will be showcased at Noorderzon this year.

Credits:

Regisseur| Guillermo Cacace

Dramaturgie| Juan Ignacio Fernández

Acteurs| Clarisa Korovsky, Marcela Guerty, Paula Fernandez Mbarak, Muriel Sago, Romina Padoan

Assistent-regisseur| Alejandro Guerscovich

Productie| Romina Chepe

Supported by Proteatro, Fundacion Sagai, Mecenazco, Fondo Metrololitano