Timaginas Teatro Performances of "The Last Verse," a theatrical drama about the assassination of Federico García Lorca, which premiered to great acclaim last December, begin in Tenerife. The play will be performed on May 4th at the Paraninfo of the University of La Laguna.
Following the opening of the tour of 'The Last Verse' at the Teatro Leal in La Laguna, Timaginas Teatro will bring its new production to the Paraninfo of the University of La Laguna on May 4th at 8:30 pm. Written by Raquel Trujillo, directed by María Rodríguez, and with a soundtrack by Jesús Martín Fernández, the new piece from the Santa Cruz-based company will tour all the islands before moving to mainland Spain at the end of the year.
‘'The Last Verse' is an unpublished text inspired by one of the most recent theories that would explain the causes of the murder of Federico García Lorca, which go beyond his sexual condition or his political inclinations to focus on family feuds and above all, on the creation of his masterpiece, 'The House of Bernarda Alba'.
The cast is led by Alejandro Fuertes as Federico García Lorca; Armando Jerez as Horacio Roldán; María Rodríguez as Francisca Alba; and Lucía Jerez as Adela. The cast also includes Andreas Trujillo, Ricardo Trujillo, Marina Solís, Javier Martos, Sandra Hernández, Marc Carbonell, Daniela Jerez, Beltrán Sánchez, and Miguel Ángel Jerez. Carmensa Rodríguez, the art director of Timaginas Teatro, is responsible for the costumes and set design. Jesús González Ortega and Esther Méndez will handle the sound and lighting, adapting the film's vision for the stage.
‘'The Last Verse' begins when Horacio Roldán, the firstborn son of one of the most prominent families in the Vega of Granada, discovers the close connection between his own family and Federico García Lorca's upcoming work, 'The House of Bernarda Alba', which forces him to defend the honor of his family, becoming the first person directly responsible for the murder of one of the greatest poets and playwrights in the history of Spain.
With this version, which combines real and dramatized events, Timaginas Teatro aims to give the poet the dignified death he was denied and to bear witness to how his creations have ensured that the echo of his voice and pen is more alive than ever. The company, devoted to the poet from Granada, has been performing its version of 'The House of Bernarda Alba' for eleven years, and its artwork has been selected by Oxford University to illustrate a book about the poet's work.
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