Capitol Theatre, Saturday, May 17, 8 p.m., €15 stalls, €12 amphitheater.
In a foggy storm, Poncia, Bernarda Alba's maid, prays for Adela's death. The house has fallen into a sea of silence. Poncia speaks alone and also to them, to Bernarda Alba and her daughters.
This text is based on the interventions of the character of Poncia in Federico García Lorca's play. In a deep analysis of the character, I have extracted Poncia's interventions and transformed them into reflections, soliloquies, dialogues with ghosts and shadows. In this way, a new perspective on the house is illuminated. In the original play, we witness a succession of events that unfold; here, in this Poncia, they do not. She speaks after the shock of Adela's suicide. Everything happens after her death.
Poncia's tongue is unleashed in a place forbidden to words. Poncia settles scores with the surviving inhabitants within. We discover Poncia's sympathy for the youngest of the house. She vindicates her, "A brave woman has died," she says, and blames herself for not having done more than she did to separate the clandestine lovers. Poncia has always fascinated me like no other character who lives in Bernarda Alba's house. The characters of the maids hold an interesting enigma.
They are characters who witness the protagonists' ups and downs. They know the truth behind the scenes and possess the hidden philosophy of the working classes.
We hear the maid's voice illuminate the hidden corners of Lorca's work. Poncia speaks of suicide, freedom, guilt, class, education, and sex, and she speaks with all the power of a voice that has been mistreated and silenced. Poncia's soul opens to insist on the need to transfer to others the idea of loving ourselves freely.
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