In September, the city of Barcelona will have a new theater space. This is the Heartbreak Hotel room, as La Vanguardia already advanced in February, promoted by Irene Vicente and Àlex Rigola. It is a small room, 150 m2, with capacity for 72 people, located in Plaça de l'Olivereta in the neighborhood of Badal (Sants), now under construction, which takes the name of Vicente i Rigola's company .
If they chose an old industrial building from the 1950s, it was to perform increasingly minimalist shows where the audience can touch. "The main particularity will be the closeness between spectators and artists, which allows an interpretative work similar to the cinematic close-up", announce the managers, who are looking for "an acting work of excellence".
On September 12, the Heartbreak Hotel room will raise the curtain with the version of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen that Rigola premiered at the Lliure, with Nausicaa Bonnín in the lead role. On October 30, L'home de teatre will arrive, by Thomas Bernhard, with Andreu Benito and Àlex Fons. In February it will be time for Who is me. Pasolini, with Gonzalo Cunill, and at the end of March Full Moon, by Aki Shimazaki, with Andreu Benito, Lluïsa Castell, Miranda Gas and Pep Munné will be released.
After these works directed by Rigola, in July, within the Grec, will arrive Six hectares of olive trees, written and directed by Aina Tur, with Anna Alarcón and Nao Albet.
Passes and tickets go on sale today on the Heartbreakhotel.cat website.
