Marta Pazos

Nave 10 Matadero Madrid
2024

Joan of Arc underwent a great transformation as a result of her contact with the divine. At the age of just seventeen, she went to the court of the Dauphin Charles VII so that the heir would put the leadership of the army in her hands. Against all odds, the young woman - who claims to speak in the name of God - manages to lift the English siege of the city of Orleans and become a leader for the soldiers and the people. The ways of the spirit, however, always end up transgressing earthly ones, so that Joan falls from glory to trial for heresy.

The story of the Maid of Orleans, halfway between historiography and myth, has fed the collective imagination for the last six centuries, giving rise to remarkable works in film and on stage. The tragedy of a young woman who, moved by the strength of her spiritual connection, courageously confronts the powers of her time is as relevant today as it has been in the past.

Marta Pazos directs a cast of seven actresses who, together with the words of Sergio Martínez Vila, vindicate the figure of Joan of Arc as a defiant light and a ‘living flame of love’ in a period of crushing darkness. An epic proposal based on a language inspired by mystical poetry and vision. A show that seeks to rewrite the myth beyond the official version that has survived to the present day.

Authors
Sergio Martínez Vila y Marta Pazos

Text
Sergio Martinez Vila

Direction and dramaturgy
Marta Pazos

Performers
Georgina Amorós, Katalin Arana, Macarena García, Lucía Juárez, Bea de Paz, Ana Polvorosa y Joana Vilapuig

Choreography
Belén Martí Lluch

Sound design and Original Music Composition
Hugo Torres

Light design
Nuno Meira

Scenography design
Max Glaenzel

Costume design
Leandro Cano

Direction assistant
Emilio Manzano

Artistic assistant
Víctor Barahona

Production
Nave 10 Matadero