NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL

Towards the 90th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Colombia
Based on the novella by Gabriel García Márquez
Teatro Colon / National Arts Center and Fabrica de Teatro Popular (Colombia)

Director — Jorge Ali Triana
Adaptation — Verónica Alí Triana
Assistant Director — Oscar Yepes
Original music — Jimmy Tanaka
Set design — Alejandro Velasco
Costume design and production — Luz Helena Cárdenas
Lighting design — Leonardo Murcia
Make-up and wig design — Fabián León

Cast: Germán Jaramillo, Patricia Tamayo Salaza, Santiago Moure, Jhon Alex Toro, Luis Hurtado, Christian Ballesteros, Víctor Navarro, Diego Sarmiento

Three major figures of Colombia, Teatro Colon de Bogotá, Jorge Ali Triana and Gabriel Garcia Marquez met in this stunning theatre production.

In a long list of works by theater and film director Jorge Ali Triana, who is known far beyond Latin America, a special place is occupied by productions based on the works of his brilliant compatriot, Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It is hardly surprising: Triana was a close friend of the writer and they worked together on theatrical adaptations of such Marquez’s works as «The Incredible and Sad Story of the Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother» and «Chronicle of a Death Foretold».

«No One Writes to the Colonel» is another of director’s staging of the work by Marquez. The play tells the story of a colonel who for many years has been waiting for a well-deserved pension, and one might say it was based on true events: the prototype of the main hero was the writer’s grandfather, a veteran of the The Thousand Days' War (Guerra de los Mil Días) in Colombia. This story looks just as real, alive and poignant on stage: thoughtful mise-en-scènes and superb performance by Herman Jaramillo and Patricia Tamayo Salazar not only make the audience empathize with the heroes of the play, immersed in a stream of joyless circumstances, but also teach to remain hopeful and keep the dignity.

The performance is in Spanish with Russian subtitles

As part of the Regional Program of the Chekhov International Theatre Festival

With support of The Regional Public Fund in Support of the Chekhov International Theatre Festival