« VIVA ! »

“More than 50 years ago, in a small village in Castile, my grandfather José killed my grandmother Maria. I learned about it many years later, almost by chance.” VIVA! is a true story. The story of a Spanish family caught between the Civil War and the Franco dictatorship. On stage, a desk. In its drawers, objects—chalk, tape, a stapler, a pencil sharpener—will attempt to piece together history. Never forgetting the healing power of humor, VIVA! explores the weight of silences, the share of collective responsibility hidden within individual actions, and celebrates the capacity of a society, of a family, to heal and transform itself.

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