Progreso is a performative piece of Documentary Theatre that tells the story of humanity and its relationship with the planet it inhabits.
It takes an anthropological and existentialist retrospective look at the creation of human beings, drawing on the paradigmatic story of the invention of plastic as an analogy.
The latest work by playwright Olatz Gorrotxategi is a studio piece that combines object theatre, audiovisuals, sound fiction, and theatrical text as performative languages to explore the universe and our place within it. Progreso is not a children's show. It is a production designed to entertain and engage audiences aged 10 and above.
Description:
An Antarctic iceberg sheds its final piece of ice and vanishes forever. A previously unseen gull soars over Greenland. In Nepal, a fast-food multinational drops 10,000 leaflets over the Himalayas. A plastic bottle washes up on the shores of an island in the Moluccan Sea. On the other side of the world, at the antipodes, an unknown tribe is uprooted. Progress has arrived.
A group of documentary filmmakers discovers a civilisation in the early stages of its creation, nestled within a plastic plant that decorates their film set. Progreso is a stage set of plastic objects to be interpreted within an increasingly bewildering world.
Artistic information:Direction and dramaturgy: Olatz Gorrotxategi Audiovisuals: Indi Costa Performers: Olatz Gorrotxategi, Indi Costa Audio: Alberto de la Hoz Technician: Imanol García Iturrioz
