Women in eternal balance

How many times has a woman thought or shouted, "Damn heels!"? "Heels are the balance we women walk on, giving us confidence and making us feel good, but they force us to maintain that balance," declares actress Olivia Molina. Along with Luisa Martín, they are the two performers in Malditos tacones, the play by Ignacio Amestoy that is being performed at the Goya Theater until this Sunday.

With dramaturgy and direction by Magüi Mira, “it's a story that speaks to so many things,” Mira declares. “It's a contemporary tragedy that hasn't been resolved, that continues. Trust is in question. Now the ground is shifting, the stability we once had no longer exists. There has been a lot of corruption that was never reported because it occurred within the private sphere. And here we are committed to denouncing the things that remain hidden, unreported. We want transparency and to defend our identity, which thrives in the private sphere,” the director states.

"My character allows me to say things loud and clear that aren't always pleasant," says Molina.

“In this case, identity is broken from the very beginning, and these two women want to rebuild it,” Mira continues. “They are two women who fight and even attack each other to defend and rebuild their identity. In this aggression, they do things that are denouncable, things that cannot and should not be done, but that are within the realm of private life.”

Actress Luisa Martín gives more details about the fight she's having with her co-star: "Olivia and I spent an hour and a quarter arguing, but we came home having argued and feeling relaxed. The space is very claustrophobic, and we tried to unpack the things that have been hurting us for so long and preventing us from living. It's a performance where you can't breathe, and it moves like a tomahawk, with unstoppable power."

The actresses play two women who "are important, who admire each other, but who, when they discover each other, are somewhat afraid of the power each of them wields and don't know how far this confrontation will go," Martín continues. "They are two very different women, who recognize each other and discover each other by surprise," adds Olivia Molina.

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Regarding the two characters, the director believes: “They are a reflection of a very patriarchal society, and the day it dissolves, we will all be happier. Despite this, after 90 performances, we have managed to inspire the audience to enjoy themselves, not just to reflect, because I believe that people come to the theater to enjoy themselves. Any woman, just by being a woman, is already a feminist, even if she doesn't make it explicit. A feminist world is a world where we all live better, without imbalances, without a gender war.”

And Olivia Molina concludes: “The character I play allows me to say loud and clear certain things that aren't always pleasant to say, while being aware of the consequences. It's the right to know and to be able to ask. The character has held this mirror up to me.”

The Pentación Espectáculos production tells of "two women who confront each other with power in their hands, searching for the truth and discovering the big lie; they are two modern-day survivors, searching for the oxygen they need to recover their lost dignity. Above them, the shadow of a giant, a cruel Agamemnon; the legacy of corrupt power, with gender identity, as a weapon of subjugation," concludes the synopsis.