The Interview. Theater

City and Science Biennial

A play that explores the human side of science. Writer Luisa Etxenike and scientist Gustavo Ariel Schwartz are the authors of * The Interview* , a novel and innovative transdisciplinary collaboration that blends literature and science. This production is directed by José V. García Ramos of the TeatrIEM group.

Presented as an encounter between a prestigious scientist at the height of his career and a provocative science journalist, the play * The Interview * unfolds as a passionate debate on such timely topics as the value and responsibility of scientific research, and its relationship with society and public life. But as the dramatic intrigue develops, the two protagonists cannot prevent this debate from revealing a second story in which the characters' identities take on new dimensions and their relationship acquires an unexpected complexity. Built upon personal and moral aspirations and conflicts, this relationship, which * The Interview* uncovers , explicitly evokes that of two of the most important scientists of the 20th century: the Dane Niels Bohr and the German Werner Heisenberg, a relationship that ended abruptly after their famous Copenhagen conversation in 1941.

Thanks to the work of its authors, the book presents itself as a space where the dimensions of literature and science manifest themselves independently, yet simultaneously recognize themselves as fused, interwoven at the very heart of the writing. The interview unfolds as both a dramatic work and a scientific proposal applicable to real-world research and debate. It is in the symbiosis of the literary and the scientific that the work most forcefully expresses its artistic meaning: formulations translated into style; axioms embodied in emotions; atoms of matter transformed into metaphors for the infinite nuances of human consciousness and feelings.

 

The Interview
A teatrIEM production
Authors: Luisa Etxenike and Gustavo Ariel Schwartz
Cast: José A. Cembranos and Tiberio Ezquerra
Directed by: José Vicente García Ramos and Pilar Martín García
Assistant Director and Stage Manager: Luis J. Garay
Executive production and sound design: T. Ezquerra

 

Original music:
1. Intro (Wikabarett)
2. The Blues Interview (Wikabarett & T. Ezquerra)
3. Waltzes for soft robots (T. Ezquerra)
4. 112 (Wikabarett)

This event has ended
Date:
21.11.2025 - 22.11.2025
Schedule:
Friday 21st at 20pm / Saturday 22nd at 20:30pm
Conference room:
Fernando de Rojas Theater
Price:
Free entry until complete seats

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