The reporter Xavier Aldekoa has been moving around the African continent with journalistic expertise for many years. One of the many reports he has published in La Vanguardia has been the Indestructibles series, 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 you to cross them”, explains Aldekoa, and now it has become a piece of documentary theatre.
Indestructibles, the work, which is intended for family audiences (from 8 years old), premiered last week at the Mostra d’Igualada and now arrives at the Atrium hall in Barcelona (until April 9), with dramaturgy and direction by Clara Manyós and Verónica Navas, and interpretation by Joel Cojal and Agnès Jabbour.
“We did 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 continent”, declares Aldekoa. From the beginning, they intended it to be a transmedia project: “It was published in La Vanguardia and National Geographic, but we also made 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”.
These four visions come from Mozambique, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Cape Verde. “In this country, a girl changes her destiny when the radio arrives at school thanks to the solar panels and she decides to become a singer”, explains the journalist.
The production of the play Indestructibles is by Escenapart, with the collaboration of the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
