Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
Librería Perelló (Valencia)
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Donde los libros
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
In a modern, urban reimagining of Woyzeck, Friedrich Woyzeck, a dim-witted but tender-hearted man with bipolar disorder in his 30s, wanders through a world that has no place for him. Living with his pragmatic sister Andrea in public housing, he struggles to stay medicated and out of trouble while talking to an imagined companion - his dog, 'Dog.' The Police Officer, who alternates between empathy and authority, tries to keep him out of jail, though her patience wears thin.When Bruno, an arrogant old acquaintance, offers him work tending a garden, Woyzeck seizes it as a chance at redemption. Yet Bruno’s condescension only magnifies his shame and confusion. A fragile spark of hope arrives in Clarissa, a kind but naïve woman who sees goodness in Woyzeck - until his delusions twist affection into obsession. Haunted by voices and his own deteriorating mind, he spirals into visions of violence, blurring the boundaries between man and beast.As Andrea, the Police Officer, and others struggle to contain him, the city itself becomes a mirror of decay - polluted, pitiless, and echoing with the cries of the forgotten. Through fragmented encounters with a Busker, Street Dweller, Pharmacist, and Paramedic, the play examines poverty, madness, and the quiet brutality of survival as Friedrich ultimately loses the battle with his own mind and takes his life. Woyzeck is a dark, compassionate portrait of those society leaves behind - and the unbearable weight of being unseen.
