I don’t know if the kiwi fish really exists, but Josep Julien has made it the trigger for his latest monologue, La nit del peix kiwi, which can be seen until June 19 at the Flyhard hall in Barcelona. On the small stage, Santi Ricart explains his escape forward, in an hour and a half in which he captures the audience from the first minute.
A lucky combination, then, of a fast-paced text that moves forward without twists and turns and an actor who defends it with solvency and without artifice, to the bone. The story begins with the click that the character makes at a time in his life where frustration reigns.
An unemployed actor, whose partner is also a luckier actress, makes the protagonist take a series of decisions that will not be reversed. He himself lets go at a point in the story that maybe it’s time for Thelma and Louise to jump off the cliff, but he’s missing the person to hold his hand.
With the company’s trademark touches of humor and nods to the theatrical profession, the playwright presents a round piece, which is a good theatrical proposal, with all the ingredients of a good story. Julien also signs the direction, with Pepo Blasco as assistant. The production of La nit del peix kiwi is by Flyhard, within its line of proposals for Catalan drama that do not disappoint.
