Mantener fuera del alcance de los niños

A stage piece by María Velasco that traces her school years through memory, fantasy and the flamenco quejío, with Al-Blanco and Mario Patrón on stage.

The playwright María Velasco, winner of a recent National Prize for Dramatic Literature, writes and directs this piece, in which she also performs on stage alongside flamenco singer Al-Blanco and dancer and performer Mario Patrón. The show revisits her school years in a support classroom for pupils with special educational needs, and looks back at the wounds and episodes that marked that childhood.

Memory blends with fantasy and popular imagination. One of its references is Carrie, the protagonist created by Stephen King, whose desire for revenge is transferred here to a commemorative evening with former schoolmates. The proposal combines the weeping of those who grew up outside the norm with the flamenco quejío in a performance that turns pain into expression and defends the possibility of living on the social margins.