HELENAS
HELENAS
Lineup: La Pacheca Collective (ES)Time: 20:30 - 21:30 hrsTickets: € 12,50 (vanaf) Regulier: €17,50 | Student/CJP/<26: €12,50 | Stadspas Groene Stip: €2,50Tickets<>HELENAS (from Troy, Ucrania, Santutxu, Lituania...)”
Deconstruction of the myth of Helen.
Now from the myth of Helen of Troy, now from theatre documentary we will approach the life of many Helenas, blamed and stigmatised by a patriarchal society for the mere fact of being so.
Are the HELENAS the cause of the Trojan wars?
ABOUT THE PLAY
Sexual violence is part of the war, sexual violence is in the street, in my building, it is in the networks, sexual violence has been part of our lives. ALWAYS. ... sexual violence against women is a scourge, an epidemic.
And meanwhile, women die, well, they don't die. Women are killed.
A poetic, performative and theatrical account of our memory. We talk about what can be said and what is unspeakable. We question ourselves, we reflect, we destabilise ourselves. We want to know why.
Myth, current affairs and historical events. Helen from Troy, Ukraine, Kosovo, but also from Santutxu or Cordoba, Medellin or Congo.....
Genealogies, Violence, Memory and Gender.
HELENAS has been performed in more than twenty Spanish cities. It was selected for the Women's International Theatre Festival in Cairo (Egypt), the Faki International Theatre Festival in Zagreb (Croatia), and the events programmed for Women's Week 2026 in Port Saint Louis (France)...
THE PUBLIC SAID
1.Unmissable. Congratulations! To all the HELENAS. (J.L)
2.The trip has been heartbreaking. Brava, Bea Insa! (E.F)
3. Brutal. Bravo! T.C.)
4.Delighted. Impressed, and deeply touched by the HELENAS of the Pacheca Collective... (J.C.)
5.Such generous, poetic, and beautiful dedication. She, Bea Insa, in HELENAS. THANK YOU! (N.T.)
LA PACHECA COLLECTIVE
LA PACHECA COLLECTIVE (SPAIN), is an artistic project promoted by playwright Ángel Mirou and actress/director Bea Insa. Their work combines incisive criticism of Spanish history and society with formal experimentation. They have performed their works throughout Europe and South America.
BEA INSA
BEA INSA is an actress, creator, stage director and teacher. Graduated in Dramatic Art in Valencia, she has expanded her knowledge with Odin Teatret, Andrés Lima, Claudio Tolcachir, Anu Salonem, Roberto Romei... among others. She has performed more than twenty professional shows like Medea Material (H.Müller), La Cabeza del Dragón (Valle-Inclán), Orquesta de Señoritas (J. Anouilh) directed by Ramón Barea (Spanish National Theatre Award 2013)...
From 2006 to 2015 she was part of the Floating Theatrical Laboratorium “Ship of fools”. She has travelled with her shows across Europe and South America. For Hipólito she received the Award for Best Interpretation at CENIT 2012 (Seville). She was nominated for Best new playwright at the Max awards 2021 for AS SHE TELLS IT.
ÁNGEL MIROU
Angel Mirou is a screenwriter, playwright and translator. In 2004 he joined the writers’ room of Vaya Semanita, a TV comedy show which back then broke taboos in Spain by satirizing the political conflict within Basque society. As a playwright he has had over a dozen plays staged by several Basque companies and public theatres. Those plays often mix absurdist humour and social criticism.
In 2017 he partnered with actor/director Bea Insa to create La Pacheca Collective. Since then, the company has produced nine theatre shows they have performed throughout Spain, and also Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Croatia, Denmark and Greece.
