‘To be or not to be’, by Juan Echanove, is about a group of comedians who use humor to confront horror, after settling in the Polish capital during the outbreak of World War II. Its purpose is to premiere a satire on Nazism. However, after Hitler’s invasion, are forced to play Nazis to survive.
In this sense, Juan Echanove, actor and director, points out that “they have no weapons, they have nothing, they only have theater and the ability to become other characters.” In the play, Echanove plays Joseph Tura, the owner and leading actor of a company that “He stands up to danger with what he has”.
It’s about the theatrical adaptation of the famous film ‘To be or not to be’by Lubitsch, a story that, as its director affirms, is the result of chance now comes to the theater, in the midst of a new war. “It’s really curious. Today the reality is that the theaters of kyiv become shelters. They have been left homeless, but all the houses fit in the theater,” says Juan Echanove.
Precisely, it is Juan Echanove who directs this story, in addition to starring in it, something that, according to what he says, he will never do again, and explains why: “I will never direct myself again, because I miss the best of both“.
The play ‘To be or not to be’, which can be seen in the theater The Latin of Madrid, reminds us that against barbarism laughter is our best weapon.
Source: Lasexta
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