The Belgian company NeedCompany will perform the show on Saturday and Sunday at the Auditorio de Tenerife.

 

This weekend, La Salita presents Un sublime error. Una recapitulación del pasado (A Sublime Mistake. A recapitulation of the past) by the Belgian NeedCompany. The show, a monologue written for the actor Gonzalo Cunill, can be enjoyed this Saturday (25 January) and Sunday (26 January) at 7.30 p.m. at La Salita, the regular theatre space within the Auditorio de Tenerife. The tickets are on sale for a single price of €8, and there are discounts available.

Co-produced by Festival Temporada Alta (Girona), Heartbreak Hotel (Barcelona), and Teatro De La Abadía (Madrid), A Sublime Mistake is based on the slightly lost male characters found in the work of Jan Lauwers, the piece's creator and director. It offers an intimate portrait of a man who views the world with amazement and struggles to understand why he is part of it.

For Lauwers, "this work is about friendship. The three portraits in this story are a part of myself; they are based on my first theatre shows and the friendships I have cherished throughout my career," he explains. In A Sublime Mistake, one character observes that it is much more challenging to be perpetually angry than to hide behind a smile. "With this work, I aim to view this smile not as an act of cowardice, but rather as a weapon to defend humanity itself," Lauwers states.

Lauwers' most renowned works include Isabella's Room, The Lobster Shop, Morning Song, Ulrike, and The Snakesong Trilogy, among others. All of his works are fundamentally grounded in a quest to create as complete a portrait as possible of the individuals with whom he collaborates. Lauwers places equal importance on the character and the actor portraying the character.

His works delve deep into the lives of his characters as individuals, always striving to move beyond contemporary dogmas surrounding diversity and identity. By doing so, he places human nature at the forefront. Themes of failure, love, struggle, and both significant and trivial problems play a vital role in his storytelling.

Needcompany, a performance group founded in 1986 in Belgium by performers Jan Lauwers and Grace Ellen Barkey, has been at the forefront of innovative and multidisciplinary art. In 2001, they joined forces with the Maarten Seghers group, forming the core of the company involved in all its artistic endeavours, including theatre, dance, performance, visual art, writing, and more. Their creations are showcased on both national and international stages.

From its inception, Needcompany has positioned itself as an international, multilingual, innovative, and multidisciplinary organization focused on the individual artist. Each project is grounded in authenticity, necessity, and meaning. The company continuously questions the medium itself and critically examines the quality of content concerning its form. Needcompany plays a significant role in national and international discussions regarding the urgency and beauty of art.

La Salita's program continues on February 8 and 9 with a performance of Sophocles’ Electra, which won the Max Award for Best New Show and Best Version for its director, Fernanda Orazi. On February 22 and 23, Lady Anne, based on Shakespeare's Richard III, will be performed by Elisabet Gelabert and Inma Nieto, who also wrote the text and directed the production. The tickets 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, Ópera de Tenerife subscribers, and wheelchair users.