Melodama tells the story of Sophie, an orphaned young woman who lives with her aunt and has yet to experience love. When she believes she has finally found it, she falls into the trap of infatuation and allows herself to be seduced by someone rather unsuitable. Ignoring her aunt’s advice, she decides to take a risk and live her own life.

Thus begins a long journey that leads her to loneliness and a failed suicide attempt that will mark her existence forever. It is a path of self-discovery filled with uncertainties, twists, and contradictions, with the presence of a love as passionate as it is ill-timed serving as the backdrop.

Jordi Prat i Coll (Girona, 1975) is a director, playwright, and translator. He holds degrees in Audiovisual Communication (UPF) and in Stage Directing and Dramaturgy from the Institut del Teatre (Extraordinary Award). He has written and directed both original texts and classical and contemporary works. He has received several awards, including the Recull Prize (for C. Hospital amb St. Jeroni), the Teatre Barcelona Award (for Requiem for Evita), the Critics’ Award, the City of Barcelona Award, and the Max Award for Els Jocs Florals de Canprosa. In 2021 he once again won the Critics’ Award for M’hauríeu de pagar, and in 2022 he premiered Fàtima at the Grec Festival / Teatre Lliure.

Eugenio Navarro Llabrés (Puerto de la Luz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1953) settled in Barcelona in 1976, where he founded, together with Mariona Masgrau and Toni Rumbau, the puppet company La Fanfarra. In 1983, they opened the city’s first alternative theatre, named after the company’s most emblematic character, Malic. Both the company and the theatre received numerous awards, including the City of Barcelona Prize for the Arts (1992). In 2005, he conceived and founded La Puntual, a puppet theatre with a regular programme in Barcelona, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary.

Martí Doy i Bigorra (Arenys de Mar, 1967). After finishing his studies at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona, he founded the group L’Avexutxu in 1992, marking his professional debut in puppet theatre. He has combined performing in various projects and companies with building puppets and sets for theatre, dance, and circus companies. He is currently a member of Cia. Petit Bonhom.

Matías Torres París (Sant Adrià de Besòs, 1957) is a composer of soundtracks and a technician specialized in sound, lighting, and video post-production. Since the late 1970s, he has developed an extensive career in technical production, combined with musical creation and the custom design of gadgets and equipment.

Direction: Jordi Prat i Coll
Puppeteers: Eugenio Navarro and Martí Doy
Original music: Matías Torres París
Authors: Jordi Prat i Coll, Martí Doy, and Eugenio Navarro
Puppets: Martí Doy
Costume design: Àgueda Miguel
Lighting: Quico Gutiérrez
Set design: Tero Guzmán
Photography: Becky Lawton
Graphic design: Jordina Salvany
Executive production: Eugenio Navarro

Photo: Becky Lawton