Malena - The Forgotten Lover
AN EVENING OF ARGENTINE TANGO
Three events in one...
Tango Beginners Workshop • Tango Theatre Show • An Evening of Dance
(Please note any part of this event can be booked and attended separately)
AN EVENING OF ARGENTINE TANGO
Three events in one...
Tango Beginners Workshop • Tango Theatre Show • An Evening of Dance
(Please note any part of this event can be booked and attended separately)
 Malena - La Amante Olvidada Friday 23rd May 2008 The Mill Arts Centre, Spiceball Park, Banbury OX16 5QE Box Office: 01295 279002 |
The show Welcome to Tango Theatre, possibly a new genre: a mix of music, song, dance and story-telling where the stage area spills into the audience and the performers present a story of Buenos Aires with traditional tango songs and dance. The feeling of intimacy and participation is enhanced by a pre-show dance workshop and social dancing after the performance when everybody is invited to join the performers. Malena: Mid thirties, waitress, former prostitute, upper class girl disgrace and rejected by her Catholic family and friend after getting pregnat at the age of 16. She carries her past like a burden and still hopes that Rodrigo, her lover will come back some day. (Performed by Patrissia Cuberos) Don Mario: Mid forties but he feels much older than his years. He has a limp and uses a stick after a failed suicide attempt after his girlfriend died tragically following his initial rejection. (Performed by Steve Morrall) Rodrigo: Young poet, dancer and dreamer; Malena's lover who abandoned her in search of a better future for both of them. (Performed by Steve Morrall) Don Alonso: Malena's father. Despotic and self-righteous. His misunderstood love for Malena leads him to throw her down the stairs and out of his house when he realises she is not only not a virgin any more but she is also pregnant. (Performed by Steve Morrall) |
