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PLOT

The plot of the play is taken from the famous tragedy of Aeschylus «Prometheus in Chains» focusing on an unwritten interstice of the original work that seeks to scrutinize the history of humanity and the search for freedom in the individual. To concentrate on us into the private space of Prometheus in front of the unique act of stealing fire from the gods to then deliver it to man, and with this, avoid its destruction. This is a disproportionate relationship of beliefs between a creator and man, and the constant search to answer one of the great questions of mankind: Existence. After stealing the fire, Prometheus receives a harsh sentence, being trapped in an illusory reality, visiting as in a kind of dream different archetypal concepts of humanity, such as the origin of man, war, science and evolution. In each dream Prometheus receives the strange visit of a man who will accompany and question him when the protagonist tries to go against the order established by the creator. This crossing allows us to deepen and further strain the existing relationship between humanity and the image of a superior being, which allows us to find answers. In addition to finding clues to build the prequel to this story marked by the moment in which Prometheus decides to deceive the gods as a result of his love for humanity, which finally leads him to be trapped in his condemnation. Understanding that the revelation of the only possible dream is the evolution of man, which lies in being the master of his own destiny.

Of all the dreams you have or will have with fire the life of man is transformed into a struggle.

You want to find answers, but you know that light does not stop, but time, light does not age

Because from this ground you have created the eyes that will be able to look straight ahead at their destiny without blinding themselves.

Here my lives that inhabit the infinite. Here the beings that have inhabited my essence.

ABOUT
US

The artistic group Teatro GFC, premieres its first play, taking as a starting point the text «Prometheus in chains» by Aeschylus, who is considered the first representative of Greek tragedy. After a series of separate artistic experiences, both in film, TV and theater. Juan Lumé, Italo Spotorno, and Ignacio Verdugo – Team responsible for the creation and generation of projects – meet to work around the re-writing of the project: «Prometheus – The intimacy of man facing the invention of a creator» idea that was born in 2019 after working together on a series of award-winning short films for the production company Go.Films Company of which Juan Lumé and Ignacio Verdugo are founding partners. The Genesis of our work was conceived during a research process that lasted twelve months, giving birth to our first production: PROMETEO, The intimacy of man in front of the invention of a creator».