‘Radio Women’, an intimate journey between fear, strength and tenderness
Spring arrives at Villarroel with the premiere of Radio Womena piece written by Cristina Clemente and directed by Sergi Belbel It courageously addresses breast cancer, but does so from an unusual perspective: the laughter that accompanies the pain, the solidarity born between strangers and the ability to overcome adversity. Three very different women – a successful journalist (Angels Gonyalons), a shy nurse (Sara Espígul) and a young vitalist (Sara Diego) – They are united by the illness and end up finding an unsuspected way of pineapple … through a radio program.
Cristina Clemente He explained that the idea of the text was born of a personal experience and a meeting with women who had overcome cancer: “It is not documentary theater, but each character collects many real voices. I wanted these stories to live with the same intensity that they passed on to me.” The author especially thanked Sergi Belbel, who has accompanied the project from the first pages: “It is a delicate text, and Sergi has taken care of it as if it were his.”
Actresses with their own light
Àngels Gonyalons embodies Rosa, a renowned journalist who is reluctant to accept the diagnosis. “The first thing my character does is deny it. She has everything controlled, but this time not. And it is precisely what she learns from the other women what transforms her. This function is special because she mixes comedy and emotion in a very fine way.” “There is a knot in the throat but also a lot of laughter. People tell us, ‘We were scared to come, but now we just want to thank you,’ ‘says the actress.
Sara Espígul plays Agata, a nurse at the Hospital del Mar. “It’s a story that talks about very deep things. My Ágata is shy, but he finds the strength to move forward and helping others. This work is useful for everyone, we are very uninformed and we need to talk about the body, health, life.”
Sara Diego gives life to Carol, a vital and unmet character. “They are very clown, he says things that others do not dare to say and this is very liberating. Sergi has given us a lot of freedom to create and this has been a luxury. In addition, I assure you that you will laugh a lot!”
Another of the particular appearance of the montage is its staging: four sides and with a symbolic stage device designed by Max Glaenzelwhere a large stone stands out in the center of the space. An element that, according to Belbel, “can be many things: a tumor, a meteor, or simply what bursts in life without warning and changes everything.”
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