La herencia

An adaptation by Josep Maria Mestres of the work by American playwright Matthew López, produced by Teatre Lliure and presented in Madrid at the Sala Roja Concha Velasco of Teatros del Canal.

The production, written by Matthew López, starts from a question: how does a young gay man in New York live a generation after the worst of the AIDS crisis? From there, the story explores the different ways of coping with grief, of expressing love and of passing on both feelings.

Loosely inspired by E. M. Forster's novel Howards End, the play links the experiences of several generations and asks what we owe those who came before us and what responsibility we have towards those who will come after. Humour and emotion sit side by side with a look at memory, identity and the legacy of that past, and at how it continues to shape the present.

The show includes nudity, strobe lighting, loud music and smoke. The Teatre Lliure production, adapted by Josep Maria Mestres, is staged in the Sala Roja Concha Velasco, part of Teatros del Canal, a venue on Calle Cea Bermúdez that programmes mainly theatre.