This production by the Argentine company Rey Marciali can be enjoyed in three performances: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
La Salita has scheduled a performance of La Celestina. Tragicomedia de Lita (La Celestina. The Tragicomedy of Lita), a recreation of Fernando de Rojas’s literary classic play, starring the actress and clown Julieta Daga. The performances are scheduled for Friday, 21 March and Saturday, 22 March, at 7.30 p.m. (tickets are already sold out), and for Sunday, 23 March at 12 noon, with tickets available at a single price of €8 and 5 euros for the audience under 30 years of age. On Friday, there will be a post-show discussion moderated by actress and drama school teacher Sigrid Ojel.
The voices of Rojas’ classic are expressed by Lita, the protagonist, who faces an ever-present risk of death and must endure the weight of the scenery that has fallen upon her. Although everything is hanging by a thread and she is exhausted, she laughs, cries, and has a good time right through to the end. La Celestina. The Tragicomedy of Lita is a piece of onstage research into the world of clowning through the lens of the Spanish literary classic.
In this multi-award-winning version of La Celestina, the spectator plays an indispensable role in the telling of the story. The texts of Pleberio’s lament in Rojas’s classic are the starting point of this idea. Lita lies on the stage, tangled in the scenery that has fallen upon her. The actress cries for help, and spectators are subtly invited to perform alongside her. What seems at first to be a one-person show becomes a work of four characters. The actress-clown’s subtle control of the scene gives rise to new forms of acting; the non-acting and the ephemeral nature of the performance provided by those who take to the stage create an element of ceaseless tension and risk.
For the creators, an astonishing part of the staging of the work appears in the form of a huge spiral that takes on the shapes of surprising figures when it is lying flat and when it is raised. The spiral is modified through the use of ropes that ensnare the body of the actress and are later used by the spectators to generate new images. With the lighting complementing the atmosphere of tragicomedy and the music composed by an expert in Spanish guitar, we are drawn into this dizzying universe that combines the playwright’s texts and the world of clowning.
Rey Marciali Productions is an independent theatre group from Córdoba (Argentina) that creates free adaptations of national and universal classics. Their productions have received awards, mentions, and recognition at both national and international levels (USA, Panama, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Spain). The most notable productions are Las Tres Hermanas (The Three Sisters – 2013) by Anton Chekhov; Las de Naides, Estampa Gaucha (2018), a free adaptation of Las de Barranco de Gregorio by Laferrere; and La Celestina, Tragicomedy of Lita (2021), a free adaptation of La Celestina by Fernando de Rojas. In June 2024, they premiered a version of Prometheus Bound called Prometeo según qué día (Prometheus Depending on the Day).
The tickets for the performances at La Salita hall are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium’s box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There are discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, the subscription holders of Ópera de Tenerife and wheelchair users.