CEREMONIAS
PANDÉMICAS
(Pandemic Ceremonies)
Ceremonias Pandémicas was a response to the impossibility of gathering due to COVID-19. Curated by Mary Ann Vargas and played by an international group of actors and performers,
Ceremonias consists of three pre-recorded monologues written by Cuban playwright Abilio Estévez, in translations by Kate Eaton.
Sometimes read, sometimes spoken directly to the camera, the pieces are imaginative explorations of the experience of isolation and the creative resilience to communicate against all odds.
SANTA
CECILIA
This city of yours, of columns and enchantment, is submerged… And there are deaths, epidemics of nostalgia, sadness…I am under the sea. They abandoned me. One by one I saw them leave. That is the price you pay for death when you are over one hundred years old: to see the sea submerging you and the world left in ruins.
Written by Abilio Estévez, Translated by Kate Eaton
Santa Cecilia: Andro Cowperthwaite
Cuban nengón composed by Bryan Muñoz Lyrics based on a poem by Luisa Pérez de Zambrana (El canto de mi madre, My mother’s song) Sung by Dunia Correa Crown of flowers by Angelina Dove
Lit and recorded by Andro Cowperthwaite
Edited by Jonathan Wolff
Directed by Mary Ann Vargas
FREDDIE
Do you know what a window is? The means of escape for the imprisoned. The window ruptures the wall, it makes it vulnerable. Having a window is a smart move in difficult moments. It’s as if the world entered into you and you entered into the world!
Written by Abilio Estévez, Translated by Kate Eaton
Freddie: Santiago del Fosco
Video edited by Fran Olivares
Lit and recorded. by Santiago del Fosco
Directed by Camila Gonzalez
TINY MAN IN A BOTTLE
‘I am a tiny man who lives in a bottle. The worst thing is boredom. Living in a bottle is more deadly than living in an empty city, where there’s nothing to do and people go to bed early to dream that they’re going to the cinema or the theatre….’
Written by Abilio Estévez, Translated by Kate Eaton
Tiny Man: Ángel López-Silva
The voice of Tiny Man’s father: Irene Eyzaguirre
Mario: Beto Benites
Margarita’s voice: Lanna Joffrey
Tiny Man has been lit and recorded by the actors themselves.
Sound design: Camilo Menjura
Edited by Jonathan Wolff
Digital consultancy and support in Lima: Beto Benites, Gaby Yepes Digital support and consultancy in Chile: Patricio Soto-Aguilar Digital support and consultancy in London: Jonathan Wolff Directed by Mary Ann Vargas
Special thanks to: Alberto Isola, Catherine Boyle, Cristina López Silva, Lanna Joffrey, ‘Pacha’ Francisco Ordoñez, Jonathan Wolff, Omar Gutierrez, Mary Alexandra Benites, Gaby Yepes, Khalil Gómez, Jonathan Martin, Clea and Camilo Martin Vargas, Ronnie Farfán and Patricio Soto-Aguilar, whose assistance and generosity have has been vital to create a digital home for Out of The Wings.