Deserto. Luiz Felipe Reis

Contemporary theatre creation that draws on the universe of Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño without transferring his books to the stage literally. It is performed at the Centro Cultural Conde Duque in Madrid.

This contemporary theatre piece takes as its starting point the universe of Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño, although it does not directly adapt his texts. It takes place at the Centro Cultural Conde Duque in Madrid, as part of an autumn festival.

The dramaturgy draws on fragments of the author's novels, interviews and writings, which are taken apart and reassembled on stage. Theatre, literature, music, image and performance combine in a journey that moves between memory and fiction, and between the poetic and the political.

Actor Rodrigo Bolzan takes on a plural voice that recalls the writer and threads together the different materials. Luiz Felipe Reis, a director and playwright working across contemporary theatre, the essay and interdisciplinary practices, signs the staging; together with Julia Lund, he founded the company Polifônica.