Two couples meet in the hotel of a developing country, where they are confined for three days due to an outbreak of violence in the area, a situation that has necessitated an escalation of security measures and the temporary closure of the international airport. The older couple, a former diplomat and his wife, has been living comfortably in the area for years. The young couple is there to adopt a baby girl. The encounter exposes the delicate balance of their existence and leads them into a spiral of lies and betrayals.
Premiered 18 December 2013 at the Sala Petita of the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, directed by Josep M. Miró. Cast: Joan Carreras, Carme Elías, Lluís Marco and Anna Sahun.
Published by Arola Editors. Prologue by Esteve Miralles
Nominated for a 2014 Butaca Award for best text and for a 2014 Max Award for best theatre production.
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Press
2013.12.11 Fum - Culturas La Vanguardia- 2013.12.21 Fum - La Vanguardia
- 2013.12.23 Fum - Diari Ara
- 2013.12.24 Fum - El Periodico
- 2014.01.03 Fum - Que fem La Vanguardia
- 2014.01.03 Fum - Diari Ara
- 2014.01.03 Fum - Time Out
- 2014.01.13 Fum - El Mundo
- 2014.01.18 Fum - Babelia El Pais
- 2014.02.28 Fum - Artezblai - Maria Josep Rague
- 2014.04.01 Fum - Plays international spring
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International productions
Oberhausen (Alemania)
Premiered 22 April 2016 at Oberhausen Theatre, directed by Bram Iansen and translated by Ursula Bachhausen.
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Festival Internacional de Dramaturgia Europa + America (International Dramaturgy Festival Europa + America), at El Tinglado theatre, directed by Ana Katz, November 2014.
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Staged readings
Staged reading 27 April 2015 at the Centro Blanquerna, Madrid, directed by Luís Luque. Cast: Ana Wagener, María Adánez, Miki Esparbé and Pere Brasó.
Staged reading in March 2015 at the Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris, directed by Didier Ruiz. Cast: Serpentine Teyssier, Charlotte Corman, Laurent Claret, and Maxence Vandevelde.
Text chosen from among over one hundred Spanish and Iberoamerican plays for the 2014 Digital library Draft.inn.
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Translations
- Humo Spanish translation by Eva Vallines.
- Fumer French translation by Laurent Gallardo.
- Smoke English translation by Dustin Langnan.
- Rauch German translation by Ursula Bachhausen.