The performing arts festival Fest Maps program this week the premiere in the Canary Islands of Post-Colonial Lovesa play by the Portuguese company Hotel Europe created by André Amálio and Tereza Havlíčková. The Teatro Circo de Marte, in La Palma, hosted the first performance on Tuesday 19 at 8:00 p.m. On Thursday 21 the show will make the leap to Tenerife for its staging at the Guimerá Theater at the same time. The last performance will be at the Guiniguada Theater in Gran Canaria on July 23, also at 8:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.mapasfest.com with different promotions available.
Post-Colonial Loves portrays the politics of love in the colonial space and reflects how the violence of colonialism conditioned love relationships. The piece compiles testimonies of former Portuguese soldiers who had children with African women in times of war, as well as women of Portuguese origin who have fallen in love with black men belonging to the Liberation movements, and other relationships that have arisen from the relationship between African countries and Eastern European countries. This performance also interviews the children of those relationships trying to scrutinize what love was during the colonial and post-colonial period.
Hotel Europe is a documentary theater company that explores the limits between theater, dance and performance. In their work they use a superposition of autobiographical material, family stories, national histories, testimonies, interviews and historiographical research. They also address issues not discussed in today’s society about the recent past linked to colonialism, fascism and communism, seeking to establish bridges between the past and the present. His works have been performed in Portugal, Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Tickets for Post-Colonial Loves and other shows are already on sale and can be purchased on the MAPAS Fest website with special prices for young people, large families, unemployed people and with 2×1 promotions on different titles.
