She and he love each other very much. Indeed, their love is so deep they want to manifest it by bringing a child into the world. They desire this child with all their heart, but it is not as easy as imagined. Finally, once the baby is born, they find that this longed-for son is not quite what they had imagined.
Forever is a story of how a family can become increasingly estranged from a dream they once shared.
Reflecting on the contradictions of love with humour and irony, the show explores issues such as parenthood, childrearing, disability, overprotection, sexuality, and violence. Performed on a rotating platform with an intensely film-like language, Forever is a merry-go-round; the Ferris wheel of life.
But it is also a spiral that, with every turn, delves deeper into its characters’ pain. Just how low can a lack of communication drag an entire family?
Perhaps the most disturbing (and the most exciting) thing about this play is that it could all too easily be the story of our lives too.
FOREVER is a co-production with the Spanish National Drama Centre, Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao and Victoria Eugenia Theatre in San Sebastián.
