La Voz de Cocteau

Monologue inspired by Jean Cocteau's La voz humana (1930), directed and performed by Ferrán Plana, which places a man waiting for a call from his lover and blends text and dance at the La Usina venue in Madrid.

The director and actor Ferrán Plana reworks La voz humana, a monologue on love as a sickness of the heart, written by the French novelist and poet Jean Cocteau in 1930. A piece between dance and drama, it can be seen at La Usina on Sundays from 4 to 25 October.

This story was designed to be performed by an actress, but on this occasion it is the Catalan actor who portrays how romantic despair turns into madness. The switch of roles aims to show that emotions affect men and women alike.

In this way, he waits by the telephone for a call from his lover for five interminable years. When the call finally comes, the conversation between them is very different from the one he had imagined, as the protagonist faces the break-up of the relationship.

But that is not all: the sentimental conclusion also evokes the experience of death itself, drawing a parallel between the end of love and the end of life. Moreover, the project combines text and dance, creating a concept that fuses the real world with the world of dreams.

Ferrán Plana is a Barcelona-born actor trained at the La Bobina school for Theatre, Film and TV. He started out in short films such as Un brindis by Marcos Igual and has since worked in shows such as Nueva normalidad by Fura dels Baus and in series such as El Inocente on Netflix and Com si fos ahir on TV3.

Cast and crew:

Direction - Ferran Plana (Homo Absurdus)

Cast - Ferrán Plana (performer) and Esther Martín (music)

Company - Homo Absurdus

Approximate duration: 50 minutes

Recommended age: 16 and over