Agostina López

La Laguna

The 26-year-old director and author Agostina López staged her first play four years ago. «La Laguna», her critically acclaimed second creation, is a melancholic study of parents and their children and the relentless progression of time, interpreted by three outstanding actors: A father and his two teenage daughters drive through the night to visit his sick mother. Overwhelmed by emotions, he suddenly stops the car and refuses to continue. In this crisis-laden situation, the three recall their childhood and, for a moment, manage to avert the fear of what is to come … (esc)

Nominated for the Zürcher Kantonalbank Patronage Prize 2013