“Always Shakespeare. What’s comical is tragic, or at least so tragic that it is comical - what hate and jealousy can make us do”.
Respecting Othello’s original text, its poetry and dramatic tension, I dive inside of the characters intentions using comedic gags and providing sinister irony to the tragedy. I investigate, without solemnity, the relationship between the tragic and the comical, as keys to classical and contemporary theatre. Othello remains current and raises questions of love and loyalty, racism, greed, domestic violence, envy, jealousy, scientific coldness and/or passionate belief. What is it for us a “neager”, a liar, revenge? Othello is an evil mirage – as you approach, your vision is obscured by sand, almost obscuring its relevance – and its intimacy with your own tragicomedy/ Gabriel Chamé Buendia
TRAILER (french subtitles)
Mirages and blindness: Iago’s intricate tapestry of deception generates a tragedy that, in the eyes of a comedian, is fertile ground for the most authentic drama that exists: human stupidity and the psychology of self-destruction: "what we dare to do for hate and jealousy." An open, undefined and merely suggestive space allows us to play with the real and the fictional, the visible and the invisible. What appears to be - but is not. Mirages. The use of multimedia and amplified sound reveal the microscopic intimacy of the characters projected on the screen. The audience sees two levels: what happens on stage and at the same time, a close up of the character's face detailing a cinematic intimacy. The acting game, individually or within a chorus, recreates spaces, objects and the cities of Venice and Cyprus with its gondolas, balconies, boats, seas, beaches, docks, etc. In this proposal, the fourth wall does not exist.
The relationship with the audience is open, we share this fiction openly, generating complicity with the spectator, making it part of the story, and leading them to identify with the tragedy and humor. In this version of Othello I question myself, without solemnity, about the relationship between the tragic and the comic as the keys to classical and contemporary theater. The poetical is approached through playful simplicity, a development of the visual aspect associated with a physical, hilarious and absurd display. The mixture of Shakespearean poetry and the game of four players revealing Othello motivate us to present a work made even more rich by its games, its visual impact and its unbeatable dramatic structure.
Artistic Crew
Adaptation: Gabriel Chamé Buendia
Interpretation: Matias Bassi, Elvira Gómez, Agustín Soler, Nicolás Gentile
Light and Scenography Designs: Jorge Pastorino
Sound Design: Sebastián Furman
Custome Design: Gabriel Chamé Buendia
Set up: Emmanuel Alassia
Direction Assitant: Justina Grande
Executive Production: Juan Gabriel Yacar
Direction: Gabriel Chamé Buendia
Duration: 105min
FESTIVALS, TOURS AND INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATIONS:
2014:
• Participation in International Contemporary Dinner Festival - Brasilia.
2015:
• Participation in the Festival Dois Pontos, Río de Janeiro – Brasil.
• Participation in the Theater Festival de Caracas - Venezuela.
• Participation in the International Festival of Classical Theater Almagro - España.
• Participation in the International Theater Festival de Manizales.
• Functions in the room Charlot - Bogotá, Colombia.
• Tour of Spain.
• Participation in the South Festival – Agüimes / Encuentro teatral tres continentes -
Canarias, España.
• Participation in the Cadiz International Theater Festival - Cadiz, España.
• Functions in Theater Fundición - Sevilla, España.
• International Festival Outono de Teatro de Carballo - A coruña, España.
• Functions in room Focus Villarroel - Barcelona, España.
• Function in Laboratory of the Arts (LAVA) – Sala Concha Velasco - Valladolid, España.
• Functions at the Corral de Comedia Theater - Alcalá de Henares, España.
• Functions in the Max Aub Hall of the Naves del Español in Matadero - Madrid, España.
2016:
• Participation in the Festival Santiago a Mil - Santiago, Chile.
• Tour of France.
• Functions in La Comédie de Saint-Étienne - Centre dramatique national - Saint-Étienne, Francia.
• Functions in the Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne - Dijon, Francia.
• Season in the “Focus Villarroel Room” - Barcelona, España.
2017:
• Performances in the “Finis Terrae” room - Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2018:
• Functions in “El galpón”, Montevideo, Uruguay.
• Tour of Spain.
• Functions in Barcelona “Sala Focus Villarroel” - Barcelona, España.
• Functions in Badalona, Argentona, Hospitalet, Vittoria, Zaragoza, Llinars, Torelló, Murcia,
Benicarló, Sant Cougat, Blanes, Vallromanes, Salt, Lleida, El Prat, Ripollet, Valencia y Xativa.
• Performances in International Festival of Living Arts of Loja, Ecuador. Teatro Bolivar.
2019:
• Participation in Festival "Fitcruz", "Theater House of Culture" - Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
• Participation in "Delivery Room Festival" - Lima, Perú.