translated from Spanish: The Patogallina premieres his most political work: “2118. Futuristic tragedy”

2118. Futuristic tragedy, is a story that revolves around Anna, an anarco-feminista fighter who travels from 2118 to the past, trying to change the present that lived you. To do so it must end with a breed of conservative figures in our history. A list that includes former Presidents, soldiers, priests, politicians and entrepreneurs, represented by actors and puppets.
With this production, the artistic collective La Patogallina internal for the first time in the genre of science fiction. 2118 futuristic tragedy is a multimedia show that projects a dystopian future for Chile. “A tragedy that shows the cyclical nature of the story and reveals the powers which, from the shadows, handle the destiny of our countries,” point on the work that it will have its official premiere on April 4, at the Teatro Principal of Matucana 100 “seems to us essential to bring out the events and the people involved with name and surname”, says Martín Erazo, Artistic Director of the Group of 21 years of existence. “We let the metaphorical aspect of travel at the time of the protagonist, who enters and exits by historical processes. Also in ideas such as utopia, in the illusion of thinking what kind of Government could be more later”, Erazo added.
Assembly of science fiction science fiction of the company first Assembly, is also his most political work to date. In it, the collective presents a society where the installed model has been taken to the extreme. To build this futuristic fiction, inspired by the aesthetics of the film and the comic, Erazo made hard work of elaboration of script, along with playwright Carla Zuñiga (I prefer to eat my dogs).
On the other hand, the collective was interned first in the manipulation of dolls as main support. This led them to take different paths of research and experimentation; in this regard, they received the support of Tomás O´Ryan in working with puppets and masks, and Christian Farías to design the choreography of the fights that are conducted in the work. “It has been a huge challenge for the group, has been a twist on our work, because invites us to work a tone and a different, much more dense rhythm. It’s a new road, a new door we opened as a collective”, closed Erazo.
2118 tragedy futuristic is a funded work by the Ministry of culture, arts and heritage through FONDART 2018 and is a co-production of the Theater Foundation and the La Patogallina artistic collective, Centro Cultural Matucana 100 thousand.
Coordinates: Theatre main 04/03 to 28/03. Wed to sat 20.30 Dom 19.30 hrs hrs hrs. Preferential – $6,000 | General – $4,000 | Students and seniors – $3,000 | Wed and Thu Popular – $3,000

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