EL DESIG DEL COR

Heart’s desire is a play written by Caryl Churchill in 1997.
The play is about a family that is waiting for their daughter to return from Australia. During this wait, the desires, fears and the most visceral impulses materialise, driving the father, mother and aunt away from what is expected of them, according to the roles set by society.

This project questions the role of the family in our society and reflects on its structural instability. It reflects on the language that is created within this structure, to explore its limits and to see to what extent it is possible to communicate in a way that is effective and real, that is not based on the omission and manipulation of information: a communication that is not a lie.

The stage proposal explores the mechanisms that are activated when living in the imagination and in lies seem the most attractive and solid alternatives, and the only ones that can provide a sensation, although fictitious, of stability.

Author: Caryl Churchill
Translation, dramaturgy and direction: Lucia Del Greco
Cast: Sara Morera, Alícia Puertas, Vanessa Segura, Marc Tarrida Aribau, Albert Pérez / Armand Villén
Set design: Elisabet Rovira
Lighting: Quim Algora
Sound space: Llorenç Balaguer & Eduard Mauri
Photography: Núria Gascón
Production: Pau Domingo & Lucia Del Greco

Heart’s desire was selected by the contest “On el teatre batega” of the Teatros de Proximidad 2021/22, and received a production grant from the Sala Beckett. It could be seen at the Teatro Tantarantana (February 2022) and at the Sala Beckett (November 2022).