Hungarian premiere at
Roma Heroes – 2nd International Roma Storytelling Festival
Friday, 25 May 2018, 8:30 p.m., Stúdió K Theater
“On 25th January 1939, I died, according to my medical chart,
of some infection. My remains were buried in a common grave in Almeria. I chose
well. The militia of the second Spanish Republic locked me up and let me die
with my unborn child. (excerpt of the first beatified Roma woman’s story)
The actress living and working in Sevilla commemorates
two Spanish Roma women. One of them is Emilia
Fernández Rodríguez (the first Roma
women who was beatified, in 2017) and the other is Gabriela Ortega Gómez (the
first Roma performing artist with a university diploma). The actress tells
their stories in the first person, with poetic narrative, changing the roles in
surreal situations. Two stories of two heroines unfold parallelly. They both
stood up for their own values and beliefs opposing the authorities of the time:
one of them fought communism and the other one the Franco-regime.
performed by Sonia Carmona Tapia and Jaime Vicent Bohorez
written by Jaime Vicent Bohorez
In Spanish language with Hungarian interpreting and English surtitles.
After the performance, the artists will be in conversation.