©Mila Ercoli
CRIS BLANCO. “GRANDISSIMA ILLUSIONE”
THEATER
DATE // TIME
18th January. 2024, Thursday // 7:00pm
SPACE // DURATION
Auditorium // 90’
TICKET
€15 / €10,50 with AZ Card (Tickets purchased before December 18th will receive a 50% discount)
REDUCED RATES
Ticket sales only in person at AZ Info: €11,25for professionals in the sector, persons over 65*, under 30* or with a disability over 33%* (show ID card or proof of disability when buying a ticket) / €11,25 Groups of 8 or more/ €7,50 person in a wheelchair and companion. All tickets purchased before December 18th will receive a 50% discount.
A tribute to theatre and theatrical conventions.
Hello, I am Cris Blanco. Today is 12 March 2022 and I am writing this text from my mother's house, where I grew up, looking out of the window at my school, Bravo Murillo, which I attended for eight years. They just said on TV that it was two years ago yesterday that the pandemic was declared. So two years ago I started thinking about this play (well, I do not know if it is this play you are going to see). I started to think about a very big play, Grandissima Illusione it was called, with very good actorsqw (sorry for the typo, while I was writing this sentence my dog stepped on the keyboard), a group of dancers, a live chorus. It was a large-format play with big recycled sets from big productions of the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.
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Cris Blanco‘s latest production is the result of researching and creating a large-format stage piece where several theatrical genres coexist. According to its creator, “Grandissima Illusione” is a tribute to theatre and the theatrical conventions that are her obsession. The play begins when a 17th century theatrical character, a Marquise from Lope de Vega, for example, meets the theatre's tattooed technician and falls in love with him. From then on, chaos takes over and all conventions are thrown into disarray.
ARTISTIC INFORMATION
Directed by: Cris Blanco
Performed by: Cris Blanco and Óscar Bueno
Artistic accompaniment: Anto Rodríguez, Óscar Bueno
Stage play: Cris Blanco, Rocío Bello, Anto Rodríguez, Óscar Bueno
Theatrical advice: Roberto Fratini
Lighting/technical coordination: Montse Piñeiro and Cristina Bolivar
Sound: Carlos Parra
Direct video: Andrea Balaguer
Costume assistant: Oriol Corral
Photography and recording: Mila Ercoli
Production: Ariadna Miquel
Production Assistant: Andrea Balaguer
Co-produced by: Grec 2022 Festival de Barcelona, Cris Blanco and Conde Duque Madrid.
With the support of: El Graner, Teatre CCCB, recipient of a 2020 Premis de Barcelona grant and an OSIC 2022 research and investigation grants.
Born in Madrid, Cris Blanco lives in Barcelona. She has been creating her own stage plays and working as a performer in dance, theatre and film since 2003. She has worked on stage with Cuqui and María Jerez, Amaia Urra, Juan Domínguez and Xavier Leroy, and in film with Roser Aguilar and Icíar Bollaín, among others. She collaborates on artistic projects, lectures at the Instituto del Teatro and participates in educational projects. Some of her stage plays include: “cUADRADO_fLECHA_pERSONA qUE cORRE” (2004), “ciencia_ficción” (2010), “El Agitador Vórtex” (2014), “Bad Translation” (2016) and “Pelucas en la Niebla” (2018). In 2019 she wrote “Lo mínimo y lo pequeño” with Jorge Dutor and Guillem Mont de Palol. Her work has been seen at European, American and Asian theatres and festivals.
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