'Lysistrata' in Porta4

Yesterday, one of the most exciting and nurturing periods of these last days came to an end. Yesterday evening, Lysistrata's season in Porta4 was over and just like every Saturday in this month of March, a theatre hall filled to the brim and sold-out bookings was able to enjoy the most famous comedy of the Greek author Aristophanes and watch how Athenian women saved once again to a Greece which was devastated by a war lasting for 20 years.

Complete capacity on yesterday's representations

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What is Lysistrata about?

Lysistrata (Greek: Λυσιστράτη "the one who dissolves the army") is Aristophanes' most famous play.

We travel to Athens in 411a.C, in the middle of a war between Athens and Sparta that lasts for twenty year. Before the dark reality and stubbornness of men to keep on fighting, women, led by Lysistrata, will take a sexual strike in order to get that peace needed in Greek city states. In the absence of making love... will they finish the war?

A Greek style comical utopia.

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It had been four weekends where we were able to perform before different audiences filling the hall at its most in most of the shows, and which whom we shared our art, talent, fun and laughter. There are many critiques received about the play during this month, mostly positive, and we were able to see how our project which started being a vague idea on Laia Cardona and Carmen Ibáñez's heads took a shape, grew and was standing still on itself week after week with a strength and vigour unparalleled. In addition, one of the things that was noticed beforehand was the rapport and the feeling of comradeship created all around the cast of actresses and actors. We all had our differences and common points, but after all we left those trifles away for the common good of this play and little by little a fellowship feeling or even a fraternal bond started to emerge up to the point we consider each other as a kind of small dysfunctional family.

Ultimately and looking forward, I can only be pleased and proud for all the effort, wills and the job we had performed. Regarding the assisting audience on every Saturday during this wonderful weeks, I can only say one and a million times: Thank you! Without you, theatre wouldn't be possible. Watching your sights targeting on me when I came on scene, sights filled with interest in a greater or lesser way, watching and hearing you laugh or applaud, and feel how you are enjoying the play is one of the most grateful feelings in this career and there are no words to describe it. For all that, in addition to your critiques to grow and improve, thanks a billion and one times.

Our time in Porta4 has already finished, a theatre hall we must acknowledge for having made us feel at ease during every gig, but there's still a long road ahead for our 'Lysistrata' now that it's on its best shape. At this moment, we will do a small break during April, a break that will help us to make a review of what happened, to repair and polish some little things of the play and to oxygenate it. But stay tuned, next May we will come back again with more strength and more 'Lysistrata.' If there is enthusiasm and willingness on our side, why would we stop? There's still too much path for this play to walk until the curtain drops for the last time. If you haven't watched it this year, don't worry, there will be other occasions to do it, and I'll be informing you of the news and future of 'Lysistrata'.

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Here there are a few images from some of the gigs we've done, hope you like them and stay tuned for more news and new dates.