It’s a secret. Until yesterday, when at a press conference at the Coliseo theater, that was announced will premiere on July 14 network -the theatrical version of the film written by Paddy Chayefsky, released in 1976-, starring Florencia Peña, Coco Sily, Edward WhitePablo Rago and Cesar Bordonalong with 20 other actors, in a multimedia staging that promises to be surprising.

with the address of Corina Fiorillogoing on stage this text which became successful in London, Broadway and that just came out of Mexico. This is the adaptation Lee Hall made in 2017; here it can be seen in a version by Juan José Campanella.

The rehearsals are about to begin network begin to take shape a stage that would be a television. A rotating platform will allow actors to go through 38 scenes, a giant screen will be part of the presentation, with cameras to record live.

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“The network is a great text and moreover it is a big show with an incredible amount of technology“, Fiorillo described at the conference that called some media.” It’s a very expensive job “, he said and pointed out that speaks of “media manipulation”. “It has the structure of a musical, without having the songs,” Florencia Peña described.

“It’s hard to do a job with a long trip abroad, but we’re trying to give it a new look,” said set designer Jorge Ferrari, who reinforces the idea that it’s a multimedia work.

“We used theatrical and digital resources to achieve the insane world presented by the Network,” he explains.

Live television, in the theater

“The cameras are really remarkable, a serious director and people watch on 360, and on the other hand, it happens in the’ 70s which makes everyone very special, ”Peña said. Clarionafter the conference.

“I love challenges, I want to be part of the risks and this for me is a big risk. But I’m not afraid of anything. I’m at a point in my life and my career where I’m exactly where I want to be and I want to be here. “

Her character, Diana, “is an unscrupulous womanwith a very broad perspective on the television industry and that’s what strengthens him as a character, ”he told this newspaper.

“It’s very interesting for me, because I’m not doing anything wrong“, continued.” The work is very new. Call the media in question“, he pointed out. He believes the validity is in the proposition about” knowing if what they tell us is true or a lie, who is telling it, how they are saying it and whether we have to believe or not if what they tell us. .

What is the truth. This opens up an interesting debate. “

Hi Network

The work shows Howard Beale, a television news presenter, who after 25 years will be laid off. In his desperation, he made an announcement that increases the channel’s audience and makes executives give him another chance at a new program.

However, Beale take advantage of this space to critique your own multimedia. Coco Sily will play that character, “a journalist who hosts the most important newscast on the Network,” he said.

“It’s to get back to work with a cast and more there in a non -traditional act”, Sily enthused in dialogue with Clarion; the actor has a long journey on stage doing one-man shows.

“There has never been such an important multimedia show made in Argentina, with a very strong dramatic structure, that speaks about media and communication. It has a visual impact, but it also connects to what’s going to happen, the plot. We see the same things still happening, almost 50 years after the film. “

“I don’t think I’ve seen a show like this before. And never in my life have I done a job with this showing, ”Pablo Rago said Clarionwearing a mustache, because the character in the film he was filming with Guillermo Francella, the accomplicesneed it.

Sa networkIt is Arthur Jensen, director of the network, “the one who decides to give the news anchor a thumbs down when the rating begins to drop,” he summarized. “The work speaks to the fact that we are a number. Those of us who make television or theater are the last number we make: it’s a terrible phrase. How am I ‘16 points ’, if that’s the last number I made? Or how am I ‘300 tickets’? ”Paul reflected.

“His name is Max and he’s the news director of a channel in the US,” Eduardo Blanco describes. “He is a character with personal dramatic baggage as well, because of the life process he is going through,” anticipated the actor.

At the conference, César Bordón was the last to speak, he followed what his colleagues expressed and summed up everyone’s feelings: “It’s a great honor to be here, it’s a challenge,” he said. Multiple languages ​​in the service of a story and a promise: “The viewer will see a theater show never seen in Argentina“Fiorillo assured.

From news to Marriage with children

“I don’t want to go to the theater this year, because I have a lot with me. But I want to be a part of this experience,” confessed Florencia Peña in dialogue with Clarion. The announcement of network It coincided with the premiere of Married with children in the theater, for the summer of 2023. Both news items came out on the same day.

“It’s just a coincidence,” Florence said. “I’ll do it in a few months networkand then I will go and do Married with childrenwhich is something I know I will do in the summer, “he continued.

The movie

networkthe film, starring Faye Dunaway and Robert Duvalland won four Oscars (Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress for Beatrice Straight, and Best Original Screenplay for Paddy Chayefsky) in 1977.

This theatrical version is a Diwan Entertainment group production and tickets are on sale now: Performances are at the Coliseo theater (MT de Alvear 1125), from Wednesday to Sunday.

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