La ira de Narciso

World premiere of La ira de Narciso, a solo work by Sergio Blanco directed by Xavier Albertí and performed by Rubén de Eguía, about a lecturer who loses his footing amid shifting identities.

This piece by Uruguayan playwright Sergio Blanco, directed by Xavier Albertí, sits within contemporary creation and autofiction. The action takes place in a hotel in Ljubljana, where a lecturer who has come to speak about the myth of Narcissus discovers bloodstains in his room and has furtive encounters with a stranger.

From that point on, the story moves into artistic creation, the death drive and the fear of not recognising oneself in one's own image. Through shifting identities, it examines how the construction of the self can lead both to truth and to violence, and where the boundaries between what is lived and its representation blur.

Rubén de Eguía performs the solo show, staged so that the audience is drawn into a territory where identity fragments. The production is presented as a world premiere at the Teatro de La Abadía, as part of the Festival de Otoño programme.