For many years the reporter Xavier Aldekoa has moved around the African continent with journalistic mastery. One of the many reports that he has published in La Vanguardia has been the series Indestructibles, with photographs by Alfons RodrÃguez, an approach to the life and illusions of children from eleven countries.
Indestructibles became “a project that wants to build bridges and invites us to cross themâ€, explains Aldekoa, and now it is also a documentary theater piece.
Indestructibles, the play, which is intended for a family audience (8 years and older), premiered last week at the Mostra de Igualada and is now coming to the Atrium in Barcelona (until April 9), with dramaturgy and direction by Clara Manyós and Verónica Navas, and interpretation by Joel Cojal and Agnès Jabbour.
“We carried out the project in ten African countries where we went with the photographer Alfons RodrÃguez, to tell stories that reflected the challenges and successes of the continentâ€, declares Aldekoa. From the beginning they intended it to be transmedia: “It was published in La Vanguardia and in National Geographic, but we have also done a photographic exhibition, which has visited thirty cities, a book, a photobook, a documentary… and now comes this documentary theater piece, based on four of the stories.â€
These four visions come from Mozambique, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Cape Verde. “In this country, a girl changes her destiny when she brings the radio to school thanks to solar panels and she decides to become a singer,” the journalist details.
The production of the work Indestructibles is by Escenapart, with the collaboration of the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
Catalan version, here
