Palabra de perro

An adaptation by Juan Mayorga of El coloquio de perros, Cervantes's novel. Its protagonists, Cipión and Berganza, are two talking dogs who observe human behaviour.

Palabra de perro is an adaptation by Juan Mayorga of El coloquio de perros, Cervantes's novel. Its protagonists, Cipión and Berganza, are two talking dogs who look with lucidity at human behaviour. From that outside position, their dialogues examine everyday life.

The production runs through the contradictions, weaknesses and petty miseries of day-to-day life with irony and sharpness. The voice sits at the heart of the show: who can speak the truth, and how the notions of justice, lying and morality are formed. Humour, criticism and reflection combine in an incisive language that brings together the classical and the contemporary.

By presenting the dogs as mirrors of our behaviour, the text invites us to question society and ourselves, and to notice what we tend to avoid looking at. The show is performed at the Teatre Romea, a Barcelona venue that hosts concerts and shows.