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24 January, 2020
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Perhaps, Perhaps… Quizás
From the Mother to the Bride (the female manifestation of Jungian archetype The Lover). Gabriela Muñoz’ Perhaps Perhaps Quizas is a very different kettle of fish: where Mother is epic, distanced, cinematic, cool, exploring and presenting us with a million and one ideas and images, Perhaps Perhaps Quizas (featuring Gabriela Muñoz, aka Chula the Clown) gives us the perfect example of the intimate, one-woman, ‘one idea beautifully executed’ show. As we arrive in the auditorium, we see a simple set depicting an old-fashioned drawing room, with a little table sporting a lacy cloth and cake-stand, a chintzy sofa, and a coat-stand. We see a woman onstage, behind a net veil which is draped from the ceiling. She’s in a bridal dress, and sits quietly writing letters, like a Victorian heroine. She comes out, and it becomes clear that she is preparing for her wedding day. But where is the groom? He is there, but he needs to be discovered. After some playful exploration of the men on offer in the audience, one is picked, and invited on stage. He is flirted with, and put through a wedding ceremony (priest and bridesmaid also picked from the audience); and then comes the cake, and the champagne, and the wedding dance, and first kiss…
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