Casting Lear
Andrea Jiménez

 Thursday, February 19, 7:30 p.m.
 €16, €18
MUN Theatre

Andrea Jiménez, a rising star in contemporary theater, explores the intersections between fiction and reality, theater and performance in this irreverent adaptation of William Shakespeare's King Lear. A space to reflect on fatherhood, love, and forgiveness, in a theatrical exercise that is as courageous as it is playful.

“My father is Lear, but he has never set foot in a theater.

I am Cordelia. And I am a theater director.

Like her, I am going to look for Lear, I am going to dare to look at him, and I am going to try to forgive him. And I am going to do it from the stage. Every night, a different actor will be Lear, will be my father, will be a possible father, one who does want to sit in a theater and talk.

This mock version of King Lear aims to be an open door to thinking about how we relate to our parents, both biological and metaphorical, including William Shakespeare himself. It is autofiction based on a classic, or a classic turned into autofiction, or hopefully neither. It is a piece about origins, about how what came before haunts us, even if we want to ignore it. About how those who came before us shape us. About how to invent a life that belongs to you without forgetting the past. About how to imagine other possible endings.

It is also an audition, or a rehearsal, that thing that happens before everything happens, the place just before something takes its exact form. The exact moment when everything is still possible.

Andrea Jiménez, creator of Casting Lear

ARTISTIC FILE

CAST
Andrea Jiménez
And a different actor every night

ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL TEAM

Creation and Text / Andrea Jiménez
Direction / Andrea Jiménez and Úrsula Martínez
Dramaturgy / Olga Iglesias
Set and Lighting Design / Judit Colomer Mascaró
Costume Design / Yaiza Pinillos
Sound Design / Lucas Ariel
Movement / Inés Narváez and Amaya Galeote
Assistant Director / Óscar Martínez-Gil
Original Texts from King Lear / Juan Mayor
Production Management and Executive Production / Nuria – Cruz Moreno
Assistant Production Manager / Fabián Ojeda Villafuerte
Head of Production and Stage Management / Blanca Serrano
Tour Manager and Stage Manager / Paco Flor and Mélanie Pindado
Technical Direction / Manuel Fuster and Alberto de las Heras
Guest Actor Coordination / María Díaz
Lighting Technicians / Raúl Baena and Eduardo Vizuete
Sound Technician / Carlos González
Set Construction / Óscar Muñoz. La Caverna Del Érebo.
Administration / Henar Hernández
Head of Press / María Díaz
Photography / Sergio Parra
Poster design / Eva Ramón
Distribution / Fran Ávila Distribución
Transportation / FJS Transporte

A production by Andrea Jiménez, Barco Pirata, and Teatro de la Abadía.

ANDREA JIMÉNEZ

Winner of the 2019 Ojo Crítico Theater Award for his career with Teatro En Vilo, he has been acclaimed by critics and audiences alike for productions such as Generación Why, Man Up, Hoy puede ser mi gran noche, and Mal de Coraçon. He has also created and directed theater productions for institutions such as the Centro Dramático Nacional and the Teatro de la Abadía. His work has been performed nationally and internationally, receiving numerous awards throughout his career.

With a degree in Law and a postgraduate degree in Performing Arts, Andrea explores the intersections between fiction and reality, truth and lies, theater and performance, through active dialogue with her social and political environment and the people who inhabit it. Combining irreverence, humor, research, and a constant renewal of theatrical and aesthetic language, her work seeks to generate unlikely encounters that help us unravel the world we live in.

She has extensive experience in developing community projects. Andrea has also given workshops, talks, and lectures at prominent institutions such as the Beckett Hall, the Cervantes Institute, the AECID (Dramatourgias Project), the Dos de Mayo Art Center, the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, the La Caixa Foundation, the Coca-Cola Foundation, and the universities of Northumbria, Oxford, Bologna, Puna, and Mumbai.