The Madrid interpreter stars in an intense drama about the struggle for women's rights throughout history
Two British women separated by 175 years and an author, Henry Naylor , who abandons comedy to narrate the parallels of his misfortunes: those of Tillie, a pioneer of the Victorian era who goes to India to marry a British army officer, and Samila, a brilliant student captured by the Islamic State. With the direction of Livija Pandur , Nur Levi and Silvia Abascal (Madrid, 1979) star in Ecos .
Women subjected to abuse, abuse and submission ... Has it been difficult to address such hot issues? Indeed, they are always valid issues. The situation of disadvantage for women is part of the whole story and continues to happen today, even in other dimensions. It is a very necessary theater, a wonderful text by Henry Naylor and a piece that I like: removes, makes reflect from very different points of view and situations. Both Samira and my character, Tillie, are British, but they separate us almost two centuries apart. Religion also changes: in its case it is the Muslim, in mine the Christian ... But we are both under the submission of two empires, of religion, of the vision of men.Work with a libretto so «open "Has it caused vertigo or inspiration? When I read it, I released a" buff! " The first thing I said was "I want to do it." And the following "but how is this done?" I did not ask only as an actress, but at the management level. It has so many possibilities ... Although I believe that the one you have chosen, for which Livija Pandur has chosen, is very rich, very intelligent and very magical. Our space is an abandoned pool, decadent, without water, but full of life, of the memories of these characters. It's like a kind of limbo, of purgatory. How was the process of embodying someone as intense and contradictory as Tillie? Can you disconnect from it? I can't disconnect right now. The trial process has been a gift. It is something that always happens to you in the theater when you enjoy it, when you are with a good text. Just as when it is bad and you have to defend it daily it is a toothache. It is a work with which you can evolve a lot if you are awake and curious. Every day you discover a new thing. Beyond the link that his characters produce, I feel very in touch with the woman in general, with the feminine strength, with her sensibility, with our form and our background. Livija Pandur says that she risks a lot but is also very close. . With Livija and my partner Nur Levi I could not be happier. In the whole trial process, the only thing I have worried about is working. There was no nonsense to deal with. I mean that there are times when you feel a bit like a soccer goalkeeper with your teammates or with the management: you don't know where the ball is going to go every day. Here we have had an absolute concentration in the work, the truth, the love, the depth ... in which all the text was invaded, full of images destined to create our universe. It is being a joy. Artistically, we are one instead of three. How has your experience helped you prepare a function like this? As the responsibility passes, the greater the responsibility. And respect for the trade, too. At least in my case. But it is true that the nerves evolve: I do not feel nerves of the bad, of those who block, but ones that have to do with liveliness, with respect and desire. And then there is what gives you the theater, where every night is unique and gives you the chance to improve, to evolve if you do not let go and accommodate. And the daily contact with the public, which only occurs on stage. Do you feel the public most committed to the assemblies that deal with serious issues? There is everything, not only in Spain, but in all countries: there are commercial works, but also very brave, very risky bets, which play important topics for the viewer. And the theater is for that, it is a reflection of society. It is not to answer, but to provoke many questionsDATA OF INTEREST
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