Si tu te’n vas
A window, a light. Another window, an everyday one. Another window, a building where three women tell us about not being able to stop.
Everything collapses, it breaks, the damn eternal war!
Three clowns that are on this path of the ancient exodus to recreate the world and give us the pleasure of laughing at the smallest things, but putting our finger on the sore when things bother us.
They live in the stories that have been told in all conflicts and use numbers of old clowns to reaffirm the will to be comic. Three forgotten heroines who tell us their story with the desire to laugh and make people laugh, to live in our memory.
Artistic Profile
Clown Auguste — Pepa Plana
Clown Blanca — Nan Valentí
Clown Pallassa Against Augusta — Lola Gonzalez
Direction — Pepa Plana i Nan Valentí
Scenography — Xavier Erra
Costumes — Nídia Tusal
Lighting — Yuri Plana
Music — Lluís Cartes
Photography — Cathy Loughran
Production — Cia Pepa Plana
Authorship — Pepa Plana i Nan Valentí
What does the press think
A tender history critical of war We've got her around again. Pepa Plana, has landed at the Centre de les Arts Lliures of the Fundació Joan Brossa with his company to premiere his new show: If you leave, a tender history critical of war Plana and Valentí sign and direct the proposal, a four-handed work to which Gonz'lez has invited, who joins the cast with an extraordinary symbiosis. The established harmony is magnificent, and it is necessary to applaud the enormous generosity of Plana (remember, National Culture Award), which, far from absorbing and grabbing the protagonism, distributes game so that everyone looks as they deserve. A costumbrista piece. Without ever abandoning, however, the protest content, seal of the house. Oriol Osan. Núvol, el Digital de Cultura 19/01/2022
If you leave Pepa Plana is a clown that claims the red nose for the adult audience. Now it shows how classic clown entries, when they are played clowns, take on new dimensions (Voices you don’t see). Or they incorporate quotes by Gloria Fuertes and Maria Mercè Marçal, in a piece in which seemingly harmless word games reveal a deep crudeness. Plain embroiders the soul with a fine needle that, like a drizzle, is soaking and understanding the scene. And the choreography of the railroad, of mefotisme, puts the loop to a round piece. We know that there are wars and misfortunes, but from the comfort of the First World, we pretend to feel rain while we are covered. Ah, oh! Jordi Bordes. Recomana 20/01/2022
All a reference of the scene Pepa Plana's clown has built a repertoire that makes it a benchmark of the scene and has remained faithful to its ideas: social denunciation, the vindication of clowns and the comedy of women, the trauma of war and the presence of clowns for adults in theater rooms. ‘If you leave’ is a work in which he denounces, as he already did in Painted Paradise (2016), the existence of refugees. In addition, it makes visible again the summary that women have suffered throughout history. On this occasion, Plana also puts the spotlight on the human relationships that may occur in the context of a war and that, despite the differences of character and frictions of day to day, deep down people want and need. An essential show for the fans of Pepa Plana and very recommended for the rest. Marcel Barrera. Zirkòlika 23/01/22
Clowns that mirror human weaknesses Pepa Plana has made us laugh again and forces us to reflect. Its great capacity to connect with the public is palpable from the very moment it appears on stage and this time accompanied by Lola Gonz.lez, a large clown, whom we had seen working at Fira Tàrrega and which we have now really liked. We were very pleasantly surprised by the performance of Nan Valentí (Joan Valentí), Mrs Valenti, an actor we had “classified” in the group of dramatic actors. And with a great dose of humour and a great naivety we are told about the various situations resulting from wars, destruction, military training, rationing, hunger, imprisonment, escape, exile, refugee camps... Some clowns that are mirrors of human weaknesses, anti-heroes that tell us about life in times of war... A highly recommended proposal. Miquel Gascon. Voltar i voltar 24/01/22
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