Tue8 Mar 7pm 
Wed9 Mar 7pm Thu10 Mar 7pm Fri11 Mar 7pm Sat12 Mar 7pm
Maidment Theatre
Premium$72.50Premium Friend$65.00A Res$62.50A Res Friend$57.50A Res Conc$57.50A Res Group 10$57.50B Res$47.50B Res Conc$42.50
2 hr 45 mins (incl. interval)
La Odisea
Teatro de los Andes, Bolivia
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NZ PREMIERE.
Latino passion comes to Auckland in La Odisea,
a spectacular new rendering of Homer's Odyssey by Bolivia's
pre-imminent theatre company Teatro De Los Andes. La
Odisea features astonishing acting and live Bolivian music in
a dynamic staging of the classic tale, retold with all the
flair and other-worldliness of Latin American
storytellers.
La Odisea (The Odyssey) is a spectacular treat from
Bolivia's Teatro de los Andes. Cinematic in scope, La
Odisea is a retelling of Homer's Odyssey in which
Ulysses is a Latino immigrant seeking to return to his home and
family in Bolivia, after years of working menial jobs abroad.
Ulysses' return is met with discrimination, racism, and prejudice,
an experience common to many returning immigrant workers. His tale,
woven together from an array of different storylines, draws upon
Teatro de Los Andes' research of migrant lives, as well as their
personal experiences of migration, and life in Bolivia.
Performing to sell-out audiences at the Ibero-American Festival in
Bogotá, La Odisea features astonishing acting, live
Bolivian music and song, and dynamic staging. It offers an
opportunity to experience the otherworldliness of Latin American
storytellers, well known for magical-realism in literature, but
whose theatre we rarely get to see.
Book tickets online,
at the box office, or phone 09 308 2383
*In Spanish with English surtitles
PHOTOGRAPH: Paolo Mazzo
teatrodelosandes.com
REVIEWS
"Penelope weaves and hopes, besieged by opportunists who are
corrupt as ever, while her husband Ulysses flees fantastic islands
and countries, where the monsters also include those you know
well."
- La Nacion (Argentina)