ALBERT ARRIBAS PRESENTS LILIANAE #AM, A SHOW-CONCERT THAT PUT THE AUDIENCE INTO A TENDER AND CONFUSED EXPERIENCE – Fundació Joan Brossa
- From the poem Liliana and the popular songs of Apeles Mestres, the play Lilianae #AM can be seen from October 2 to 5 at the Liberal Arts Center from the Joan Brossa Foundation.
- A concert-performance that perverts the aesthetics “for children” and immerses the audience in a tender and at the same time disconcerting experience.
- Griselda Ramon and Alex Jordi they star again in a piece by Arribas, after the good reception ofOrationibus #SR and theImaginary operetta.
Barcelona, September 26, 2025. Albert Arrribas presents at the Free Arts Center of the Joan Brossa Foundation Lilianae #AM, a concert-performance based on the poem Liliana of Apeles Mestres and the popular songs of this multidisciplinary artist from the turn of the 19th century, which can be seen from October 2 to 5. Starring by Griselda Ramon i Alex Jordithe show perverts the codes of “children’s” aesthetics and plunges the audience into a tender and at the same time strange and disconcerting experience about the loss of innocence and the difficulties of fitting into the world.
Understood as a second part of the show Orationibus #SRfrom the Prayers by Santiago Rusiñol, the director and playwright Albert arrives explore this time Lilianathe culminating work of Apeles Mestres in which the poet adopts an apparently childlike tone to wonder about the cycles of existence and the symbolic projections with which we try to decipher reality. In the words of Arribas, it is “a kind of second part of a show that transformed the way I feel and practice the art of the stage. Much more playful, much more tricks, now the two musicians have transformed into gnomes of the Liliana of Apeles Mestres”.
With a format between cabaret and concert, it is the second piece that the singer Griselda Ramon and the pianist Alex Jordi share under the direction of Albert Arribas, and it is the expected return of Griselda Ramon after the good reception ofImaginary operettawhich could be seen in the spring of 2025 at the Joan Brossa Foundation’s Liberal Arts Centre.
A Lilianae #AM these two musicians embody two fascinating and apparently innocent characters who are confronted by the viewer’s gaze and who, as Arribas points out, have “the gift of equally tearing us away from laughter, tears, smiles, suspicions, disbelief, cruelty, tenderness and applause, in a journey that is very difficult to forget.”
With the recovery of this poem and the songs ofApeles MastersArribas wants to highlight the work of one of the most fascinating creators of our cultural heritage. A multifaceted artist, he stood out as an illustrator, poet, playwright, musician and thinker, although his work has been unfairly relegated to the background.
Albert arrives
Albert Arribas is stage director, playwright and theatrical translator. His works have been exhibited in venues such as the National Theater of Catalonia, the Lliure Theatre, La Seca – Espai Brossa or the Akademia Theatre, and in festivals such as El Grec de Barcelona, Temporada Alta de Girona or Mousson d’Eté in France. Among his latest productions as a stage director, they stand out Freshwater (A Comedy) by Virginia Woolf (Teatre La Fàbrica, 2025); Imaginary operetta by Valère Novarina (Liberal Arts Center, 2025); The Bacchantes by Euripides (La Gleva, 2024); Verbal by Víctor Català (Atrium Hall, 2024); On the contrary! by Lluïsa Cunillé (Atrium Hall, 2024); the dog by Lluïsa Cunillé (La Gleva, 2023; Critic’s Award for best small-format show); drink by Albert Balasch (La Gleva, 2022); chairs by Mont Plans and Oriol Genís (Teatre Goya, 2022); Lycaon Apology of desire by Dimitris Dimitriadis (Joan Brossa Foundation – Free Arts Centre, 2022); Acis & Galatea by GF Händel (Teatre Auditori de Sant Cugat, 2021); the garden by Lluïsa Cunillé (Sala Beckett, 2021), the shows of the pentalogy #SR, dedicated to Santiago Rusiñol, Orationibus #SR (Hiroshima Room, 2018), Annus irritabilis #SR (TNC, 2018) and Illud Mysticum #SR (Hiroshima Room, 2019); Obscene acts in public space by Davide Carnevali (TNC – Greek Festival of Barcelona, 2017) or FRAUD., based on Albert Balasch’s Quadern del frau (Greek Festival of Barcelona and Temporada Alta Festival, 2016).
USEFUL INFORMATION
From October 2 to 5
From Thursday to Saturday at 7 p.m
Sunday at 6 p.m
Format: show-concert
Duration: 70 minutes
Language: Catalan
ART FILE
Dramaturgy and direction: Albert arrives
Assistant Director: Eva Vilar
Performers: Griselda Ramon and Alex Jordi
Stage space and costumes: Manuel Mateos, based on Orationibus #SR by Sílvia Delagneau
Poems and songs: Apeles Masters
Choice of songs: Griselda Ramon
Instrumental pieces: Alex Jordi
Production: La Veu Humana and Centaure Productions
Photograph: Peter Cots
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