Theater usually tells stories, but there is theater that also asks questions, that demands the spectator to define themselves in front of what they are seeing or have just seen. This is the case of Don't look, the new production by the performing arts and audiovisual collective Cultura i Conflicte. Once the performance is over, spectators can access a cubicle installed in the lobby of the Gothic hall of the Biblioteca de Catalunya and answer the questions that have emerged throughout the proposal. Would you continue to love your father if you found out he had been a torturer and murderer? Would you tolerate someone's torture to save your child?

Between the first and last sentence of Heart of lovers, From Portuguese playwright and director Tiago Rodrigues (Lisbon, 1977), thirteen years passed. In 2007 he wrote the play, which is his debut, and in 2020 he decided to resume working on it to finish it. who is the current director of the prestigious Avignon Festival. The Portuguese artist has settled in Barcelona to direct a new production, Lovers' Heart, starring Marta Marco and Joan Carreras, which premieres this Friday at the Teatre Lliure de Gràcia, where it can be seen until May 25. With this show, Rodrigues wanted to explore the idea of love and the passage of time. An emergency situation arises: one of the two members of the couple may die, they need to go to the hospital, and every minute feels like an eternity. "At that moment, they tell themselves that if they survive, they will live differently. The risk of death leads them to think that they could have used their time better," says Rodrigues. hour on stage.

Between the first and last sentence of Heart of lovers, Thirteen years passed since the creation of Portuguese playwright and director Tiago Rodrigues (Lisbon, 1977). In 2007, he wrote the play, which is his debut, and in 2020, he decided to resume work to finish it. "I didn't rewrite anything, I just added things. Just like in life, you can't change anything, you only add experiences," explains Rodrigues, who is the current director of the prestigious Avignon Festival. The Portuguese artist has settled in Barcelona to direct a new production, Lovers' Heart, starring Marta Marco and Joan Carreras, which premieres this Friday at the Teatre Lliure de Gràcia, where it can be seen until May 25.