Cris Blanco.
Grandissima Illusione
- Monty, Antwerp
This playful, reflective tribute to the art of theatre takes the form of a cross-genre sci-fi vaudeville, deliberately subverting theatrical conventions that serve as both subject and playground of the piece. From the unlikely encounter of a 17th-century marquise and a tattooed theatre technician chaos unfolds, blurring timelines and opening a kind of theatrical wormhole, allowing the narrative to slip between stage time and real time. The result is a gleeful meta-theatrical experiment, inviting the audience to suspend their disbelief and revel in the joyful precariousness of fiction.
Credits
Direction: Cris Blanco
Performance: Cris Blanco and Óscar Bueno
Dramaturgy: Cris Blanco, Anto Rodríguez, Óscar Bueno
Dramaturgy support: Roberto Fratini and Rocio Bello
Music: Oscar Bueno
Lighting design technical coordination: Montse Piñeiro and Cristina Bolívar
Sound design: Carlos Parra
Costume assistant: Oriol Corral
Production: Elena Martínez
Production assistant: Andrea Balaguer
Sponsorship: Fruits Secs Rius
Co-produced by: Grec 2022 Festival de Barcelona, Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Condeduque
With the support of: El Graner, Teatre CCCB, Project awarded the Barcelona Awards Grant 2020 and the OSIC 2022 Research and Investigation Grants.