Només Ricard

"The pity of tearful eyes does not live in my eyes."
— William Shakespeare

"Només Ricard" (Just Richard, in Catalan) is, above all, a solo that finds its starting point in William Shakespeare's play "The Tragedy of King Richard III". Only one vision of the bloodthirsty and grim world of the play is worked out here: Ricardo's vision. All the other characters appear as puppets manipulated by him, and are only invoked aesthetically or textually. Ricardo is the author, actor, director, and audience of his own twisted creation.

From the immense poverty of an empty stage, the actor takes all the scenic power in his hands. His body transmutes, adapts, recreates itself, fragments itself, is one and many, is everywhere and is nowhere. The minimalism of means is always sought in order to achieve the right scenic effect, the right dose of visual and intellectual stimulus that can place the spectator inside the significant process, creating a direct, intimate and symbolic relationship between the actor and the spectator.

Richard, eager to reign, will launch himself into a ruthless race for the crown, rekindle the flames of war, raze the families of York and Lancaster, and turn England into a slaughterhouse. The rise to the heavens of a true demon and his resounding fall into the most abysmal of hells.