"We'll finally be able to see 'Forever' in Barcelona."

Barcelona"Now, finally, we'll be able to see it in Barcelona," celebrates Leticia Martín, director of the Grec Festival in Barcelona. She's referring to Forever, a masked production directed by Iñaki Rikarte and produced by Kulunka Teatre, the National Drama Center, the Arriaga Theater in Bilbao, and the Victoria Eugenia Theater in San Sebastian. The play, which won the Best Direction and Best Author awards at the 2024 Max Awards, will run for five performances from July 23 to 27 at the Teatre Condal in Barcelona. "We have to seize this opportunity," says Daniel Anglès, the theater's artistic director.

The play stars José Dault, Garbiñe Insausti, and Edu Cárcamo and tells the story of a family that is moving away from what it expected to be. The production takes place on a rotating platform. "It allows us to see the three rooms of the house into which the action is divided," explains Dault. The three actors play different characters through masks and explore themes such as love, old age, and death. He says the play they're premiering in Barcelona is very moving and comical, and that the audience is always surprised by how much can be explained without words.

The Kulunka company specializes in masked theater. Their first play, André and Dorine, it's been fifteen years since it premiered and it's still touring. "We've toured up to 36 countries and with Forever We continue along these lines. All of us, no matter where we're from, are moved by the same things and laugh at practically the same things," Dault says.