“This is the third time I have been to Falla, the second as an actor, and I assure you that it continues to challenge me because I am aware of how demanding the Cadiz public is and what Falla means as a temple of Cadiz culture.” With this declaration, which is a whole love letter to the city where he was born, actor José Troncoso prepares your arrival at Fragela Square (these October 6 and 7) with Host, the version that director Juan Carlos Rubio makes of this Plauto classic that Molière turned into a great success centuries later.
With a recognizable cast that has among its ranks, in addition to the Cadiz, with the actors Pepon Nieto, Toni Acosta, Fele Martínez, Dani Muriel and María Ordóñez, It is Host It differs from the original comedy in two major respects, “it is set in the world of the circus” and “the role of women comes out much better than in the classic comedy, which is indeed the child of its time and has quite macho connotations”, reflects the interpreter who assures that in Rubio’s version, which premiered at the Mérida Classic Theater Festival, “women have a prominent role, they stand up to identity theft, they clearly plant this problem, thus in this revisitation I think that we all came out winning ”.
And, as Troncoso recalls, the story of Host raises the question that “when we fall in love with someone we don’t like everything about that person but what if we found two people who, together, make the perfect person”. Thus, the gods Mercury (played by Troncoso) and Jupiter (Muriel) come down to earth and take the human form of the lovers of two women. “And since they are gods, they are fantastic lovers, for example, as well as men because they contribute other things to them. And this is how the crazy game of identities is created that gives rise to very funny consequences and comic situations “, explains this god Mercury from Cádiz who will supplant Sosia (Pepón Nieto), the servant of Anhost (Fele Martínez),” with what I believe with he is also a very nice set of mirrors, “says Troncoso, who only has good words for the set of actors and, above all, for its director since” when working with actors who are not part of a stable company, it is difficult to find a same tone, and Juan Carlos, with his talent and charm, has managed to guide each of us to generate that common tone, the same code ”, praises the actor who is“ looking forward ”to return to Cádiz.
And comes back just a day after the Max Awards gala in which With how good we were (Ferretería Esteban), a work that he directs and writes, has won three of the prizes for which he was opting. Thus, the theatrical work that they carried out “thanks to the firm commitment of the Zaragoza City Council” won the awards for Best musical composition for stage performance (for Mariano Marín) and Best production work (Nueve de Nueve Teatro), while it remained with the honey on the lips of becoming the Best musical or lyrical show.
“It has been a wonderful joy about the Max, but it is that with Esteban Hardware Everything from the beginning has been a wonderful joy, ”says Troncoso, who talks about that“ jump without a net ”that was to set up this production with the help of the Aragonese government but relying on the box office of the main theater in Zaragoza. “And it’s not that it was full on the first day, it’s that they were full on all scheduled days. And above, now the Max thing has been like an accolade from the profession, of the colleagues, who have seen fit to think that we were deserving of these awards “, thanks Troncoso” always cautious. “
“I like to go little by little, year after year, always evolving, that’s what interests me the most. Of course, this type of recognition, especially when it comes from colleagues, is something that gives you immense joy, but the road is long and I am at that point where I don’t want to celebrate victory or collapse in defeat, I prefer to be in a state of deceptive and necessary tranquility “, opts the playwright with numerous projects in sight” fortunately “.
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