Mariano Pensotti & Grupo Marea

Los Años

Argentina

What would we do differently if we could look back on today’s world from a post-­pandemic future? What will we think about the 2020s thirty years from now? The Argentinian author and di­rector Mariano Pensotti presents «Los Años», a piece taking place simultaneously in the future and in our present – the future past.

In an ingeniously designed stage set – almost like a cross­cutting film montage – we watch the story of a man at two different moments in his life: In the first, we see 30­-year-­old Manuel living in today’s time. Appropriate for his age, his life is characterised by utopias and grandiose ideas. In the second scenario, we look ahead to 2052 when a 60-year old Manuel returns to Buenos Aires hav­ing lived abroad for a long time. He hopes to build on his former success as a filmmaker and wants to rekindle his relationships with his family and friends. But, as life goes on, things turn out differ­ently …

With «Los Años», the passionate storyteller Pensotti and his ensemble have created a sophisti­cated universe full of references to our present. In a tragic-comic to and fro between times and reali­ties, Pensotti tells of shattered dreams, unfulfilled ideals and of everything that really lasts. (af)

Simple words

This theatre piece is about a man named Manuel. We see how he lived in our time when he was 30 years old. And we also see how he lives in the future, when he is 60. The piece tells us about the past and the future. And how sometimes life turns out differently from what we think.

Artistic direction and cast

Text & RegieMariano Pensotti
MitMarcelo Subiotto, Mara Bestelli, Bárbara Masso, Paco Gorriz, Julian Keck
MusikGuillermina Etkin
Komposition MusikDiego Vainer
Bühnenbild & KostümdesignMariana Tirantte
Künstlerische ProduktionFlorencia Wasser
LichtdesignDavid Seldes
VideoMartín Borini
TontechnikErnesto Fara
BühnenassistenzJuan Reato
ChoreografieLuciana Acuña
DramaturgieAljoscha Begrich
Dramaturgie Münchner KammerspieleMartín Valdés-Stauber
ÜbertitelIan Barnett (englische Übersetzung), Franziska Muche (deutsche Übersetzung), Eva Salom (Operator)
FotosChristian Altorfer

Production

ProduktionGrupo Marea
KoproduktionRuhrtriennale, Münchner Kammerspiele, HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main, Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires
UnterstützungGoethe-Institut
Premiere17. September 2021, Ruhrtriennale (Deutschland)

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Theatre, A Life In 2022 And 2052

Duration

1:45 hrs.

Language

Spanish

Surtitles

German, English

Age

14 years plus

An inclusive event

accessible with wheelchair with subtitle with inductive hearing loop

Sound inductively amplified

Post-performance talk

with Die Voyeur*innen Zürich, Thu 1.9. 22.30 hrs. Informationen & registration

Cooperation

An event in collaboration with La Bâtie-Festival de Genève and Theaterfestival Basel

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