Arcoiris and Morci, two millenials who want to become influencers, live a continuous party. You’re invited, and you get to take part in viral challenges, live you-tube shows, dances, selfies and karaokes.
On the surface, it’s all perfect. A party to live for. To let rip. To let loose. A party just because, to celebrate being yourself. Where the impossible becomes possible. Best party ever.
But the night ends and the cloud of avatars, projections and fantasies disappears. Siri, an allegory of the worship of the virtual world, corrupts the party. Reality hits. When you wake up, you try to change the world. Pffff. You go back to the party.
The Followers are a Barcelona theatre company consisting of three young women who create collectively using documentary theatre and digital technology, and involve the audience by making them active subjects of the action.
Welcome to Siri’s party is their first piece, which was shown to an audience as a work in progress at Rose Bruford College (London, 2018) and at the Croquis Festival, Sala Beckett (Barcelona, 2019).
Laura Riera is an actress who trained at the Barcelona Theatre Institute and with Fitzmaurice method voicework. She is a member of Mcgregor Theatre and the Pere IV project, companies with which she has premiered at various Barcelona venues (Nau Ivanow, El Maldà, Teatre Tantarantana) and festivals (Shakespeare Festival, Almagro Classical Theatre Festival).
In 2018 she was awarded the Applied Performance Arts grant with Cia. Alokahio for their project A quien le importa.
Mariona Esplugues is an actress who trained at Esad Eòlia, New York Film Academy Memory and the Barcelona Theatre School, specialising in Fitzmaurice method voicework and the Forproof method. She is currently obtaining a degree in teaching from Barcelona University.
She has worked as singer, dancer and actress for cor SP3 (TV), Dagoll Dagom, Lazzigags and Cia. Ensemble at venues such as Teatre Poliorama and Espai Brossa.
Andrea Monje is a director and dramaturge who trained at Esad Eòlia and is a member of the 9th edition of Els Malnascuts (Sala Beckett) with the key piece in the Important Festival.
Her most recent work includes: Ameagari, a theatrical installation based on videogames; Motel, Estació Escènika Festival; and 90 minuts, codirected with Pablo Ley.
She has written and directed several short films, notably La tercera opción.
