Atra Bilis
Dramatised reading of Atra Bilis, by Laila Ripoll, translate by Clare Nimmo. During her career, nominations and awards that Laila has received there are the MAX awards, Critical Eye, José Luis Alonso, Artemad, Caja-España, the National Dramatic Literature Award or the Tribute of the Spanish Theatre Exhibition of Authors Contemporaries and the Merit of honor for the Best Text and Show of the Miami International Hispanic Theatre Festival by Atra Bilis.
Four old women full of spite and bitterness meet at Nazaria Alba Montenegro’s husband’s wake on a stormy night. The atmosphere is conducive to conversation and the memories, the heartbreaks, the secrets and the hidden hatreds emerge, and they open the way to conflict. Hatreds, secrets and desire will come to the fore during this stormy night. From a baby’s murder to the death of a cat… 50-year-old love affairs to yesterday’s deceits. Atra Bilis is a farce that combines elements of the grotesque carnival and the grotesque demonic and supernatural to create “picturesquely” grotesque monsters, in a supernatural environment that seems to herald the impending Apocalypse.
Followed by Q & A with the author.
