The successful play «En tierra extraña» starring Diana Navarro arrives to Vila-real thanks to Conquistando Escalones

Conquistando Escalones continues on the path of organizing cultural events to continue raising funds for medical research on Limb-girdle Muscular Dystrophy 1F/D2 and HIV. Thus, the next appointment will be on November 25 at the Auditori Municipal Músic Rafael Beltrán Moner in Vila-real where, starting at 10:00 p.m., «En tierra extraña» will be performed, where Diana Navarro puts herself in the shoes of Concha Piquer to imagine a meeting to the rhythm of couplets and jazz with Federico García Lorca (Alejandro Vera) with the help of the poet and friend of both, Rafael de León (Avelino Piedad).

The representation of this work is carried out within the Solidarity Week of the Mediolanum Foundation and. It should be noted that this is a “wonderful” production by the Spanish Theater and SOM, which has already had two seasons in Madrid with a resounding success with the public and critics and an impressive tour, and which will have a unique performance in Vila-real. Tickets, with a donation of €18 (advance sale) and €23 at the box office, ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THIS LINK ON THE SERVIENTRADAS WEBSITE and in the next few days at the NU restaurant in Vila-real (avenida del Cedre, 17). In addition, in Servientradas there is also a Row 0 available for those people who want to collaborate with Conquistando Escalones but cannot attend the event.

In this sense, the president of the Association, Abrahán Guirao, wanted to thank the collaboration of “the different entities and companies that have collaborated and have been involved so that this act is possible and its purpose is to raise funds for medical research , which are already at a very advanced point. In this line, it is worth noting the support of the Vila-real City Council; Banco Mediolanum; Fundación José Soriano; Discesur; Canseco Cerámicas; Aluframe; Vila-real Veterinaria; Ingeniería Mavic, Salatal Club; Br Asociados; Este Park; Covalca; Bogart; Promopublic; Calcsicova; Disinel; Hotel Bersoca; Volumen Zero;  Els Flamencs Grocs; Óptica Tárrega 40 and Fundación Port de Castelló.

Guirao wanted to underline the “great opportunity” of having this “elegant show” in Vila-real, full of touches of humor against the backdrop of the eternal conflict around the concept of homeland.

About «En tierra extraña»

Concha Piquer has long wanted to meet Federico García Lorca. It is not in vain that he is the most requested poet of the moment and she is the most famous singer in Spain. That meeting must take place. She, a woman accustomed to managing her destiny and never receiving no for an answer, asks her collaborator Rafael de León to quote the poet at the Spanish Theater in Madrid, where she is rehearsing her new concert. She wants to ask him to write a song for her.

Federico accepts the invitation. On the one hand he admires the singer’s voice, on the other he is eager to get new income that, together with the theater, will allow him to lead the standard of living that he has always dreamed of and that, at last, he is beginning to enjoy. Of course, they have told her so many things (and not always good ones) about the Valencian that she comes with certain reservations, a lot of curiosity (and quite late), to the meeting.

But, once face to face, the cards will be placed on the table. The real reason for that meeting is to warn Federico that the country’s situation is irreversible. Concha knows for a fact that her name appears on several blacklists. “People like him” should flee abroad as soon as possible. For your own safety. Federico does not believe that the blood will reach the river and that things will calm down.

However, a terrible event, the murder of José del Castillo a few meters from the theater, makes Federico rethink the situation. Maybe he should run away. Concha tells him that she can provide him with a ticket to Mexico right away. He must not waste a minute. But the poet is not so clear that this is his destiny. Spain is his homeland. And he will never feel in her IN A STRANGE LAND (TIERRA EXTRAÑA).