On Monday 21 September, the Romea Foundation opened a new season of events and artistic projects with Dialogue for a Solitary Ventriloquist, a piece created by Jaime Figueroa, magician, comedian and innovator in the art of ventriloquism, and María Folguera, writer and playwright.
After spending a long time looking for a way to work together, they presented this collaborative creation exploring dialogue, the body, the object and the inner voices struggling to emerge, sometimes with a will of their own.
The piece offers a reflection on the performer’s solitude, embodied not only as an acting presence but also as a dramatic space in which the stage interaction between characters unfolds. These characters intertwine and, very often, oppose and confront one another.
An evening somewhere between a variety show and a Renaissance dialogue, a lecture and a performance, without ever losing its sense of humour or the affection shared between fellow creative artists.