Sofia Adrian Jupither, "Solitaire, press conference of the 16 July 2022

In the centre of a stage shrouded in darkness, ten people stand close together, like a compact block. Space is tight, and escaping doesn’t seem possible. Solitaire, the last play written by Lars Norén, starts with a situation at once very clear and indeterminate, and soon the characters are left alone with themselves and with the group, leaving readers and spectators alike without any point of reference save for their own fears or desires. Starting from this radical choice, Sofia Adrian Jupither stages an economical and implacable version faithful to the style of her favourite writer. The dialogues, at once prosaic, humorous, and frantic, sketch human destinies that echo ours. “And the why of the situation stops being relevant after a while and gives way to the how. The idea is to survive this episode which seems not quite real. Not to be overwhelmed by panic but to control oneself on an individual level so as to quickly be able to think as a group.” Will we find out who those people are? Or will their actions speak for them? Lars Norén and Sofia Adrian Jupither leave it up to us.