Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

In Àlex Ollé's new production, Katerina, imprisoned in her bedroom, represents the ideal of a woman turned into a metaphor for an unattainable future of someone who is supposed to give life, but ends up being the source of death. A woman subjected to the traditional patriarchal system and trapped in an immutable family structure with female sexuality reduced to childbearing. We are talking, then, of an erotic rebellion as the first step in the search for a dream: individual freedom against the tyranny of the family.

But this carnal passion is confused with love, love with surrender, surrender with submission and, finally, submission with sacrifice and the acceptance of suffering. Katerina is alone! With her wounded gaze and an identity to build, she shows herself through violence; killing is the only way out!