Dels Vicis Capitals (Capital Sins)

Dels Vicis Capitals is a show based on three anonymous Majorcan Entremeses (One act-farces, designed to be produced between the acts of a three-act drama) from the 18^th Century adapted by Llorenç Moya Gilabert de la Portella and Josep Perea:

• Entremès dels llépols befats (Entremès of the scorned greedily eaters)
• Entremès de les dones eixorques (Entremès of the barren women)
• Entremès del pescador (Entremès of the fisherman)

The Majorcan entremès belongs to a theatre from and for the populace, from Middle Age roots, and remained thanks to the poorest strata in spite of the cherished theatre written in Spanish at that time. Such entremesos portray topics of comic realism, which describe us a picaresque world with its customs, and the colloquial speech of its people. All the characters in such dramas are the expression of the anti-hero life carried by the villagers. Written from an overwhelming materialistic standpoint, all characters move driven by sex spurs and hunger. Yet the most important thing in those dramas is their hilarity, whilst the authors were barely concerned about the originality.

Dels Vicis Capitals is a show designed to be produced in small villages and at open-air spaces, making use of any square corner or any building façade as stage set, therefore a traditional stage is never used. The audience sits on folding seats in front of the chosen façade and the actors start performing emerging from doors, windows and balconies. The light design is usually based on rudimentary footlights.