Analphabet

ALBERTO CORTÉS: Analphabet

Wed 11. & Thu 12.03., TQW Halle G, Austrian Premiere

At sunset on Gulpiyuri beach, a romantic ghost called Analphabet appears to a couple of male lovers who have just been arguing loudly. The ghost suspended over the sea sings songs to the lovers and narrates its story. Analphabet is a ghost trapped in the wounds of flesh whose appearance reveals the mistreatment to which we subject ourselves in the structure we call "romantic couple." Analphabet’s story opens up the box of intergender violence and exposes the need to take extreme care in queer relationships, which can be marked by patriarchal inheritances. 

An internationally recognized shooting star, Alberto Cortés, gives form to Analphabet. The writer, dramaturg, theater director, and performer uses the entire expressive capacity of his body to evoke the images and poetics of German romanticism. Referencing Goethe, Hölderlin, and Novalis, among others, Cortés’ performance is at once inflected with Andalusian character and the depth of the bleeding heart of the Basque Country.