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THE LAST NIGHT IN MADRID Adaptation after the play WOMEN OF PICASSO. JAQUELINE by Brian McAvera

Director: Vitalie Drucec
Technical Director: Nelu ROTARU
Set Designer: Tatiana POPESCU
Costume Designer: Tatiana POPESCU
Head of Production and Assembly: Ludmila FURDUI
Sound Designer: Radu ȘTIRBU
Lighting Director: Vadim EREMIA
Makeup Artist: Svetlana/Mariana GOLOVCA
Perucher: Nicolae PONOMARENCO

#monodrama, 16+

Performance duration: 1h 30 min (no intermission)
Year of the Premiere 2004
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The performance tells the story of the inner life of the last woman in Picasso’s life — Jacqueline Roque. She was the final partner of Picasso, the seventh and the one he reportedly claimed understood him best.
Through exceptional artistic expressiveness, Ala Menșicov succeeds in conveying the thoughts and emotional world — full of sadness, joy, and fascination that Jacqueline Roque experienced while living alongside the genius until the end of his life. Through Jacqueline’s story, we gain insight into Picasso’s turbulent life, his extraordinary artistic legacy, and his often despotic nature. At the same time, it is a moving account of the profound love this woman shared with him, a love for which she ultimately sacrificed her own life.
For this role, Ala Menșicov was awarded the Grand Prix at the Gala Star Theatre Festival “One Man Show” in Bacău, Romania, in 2006.
FESTIVALS

  • International Theatre Festival One Man Show, Bacău, Romania, 2006 - Grand Prix
  • International Short Theatre Festival, Mâtişci, Rusia, 2006
  • Festival of Theatrical Art ”Theatropolis, Torino, Italia, 2006
  • International Theatre Festival, Suwon, South Korea, 2011
  • Theatre Festival ”Ariel Inter Fest”, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania, 2013
  • International Experimental Theatre Festival, Cairo, Egypt, 2016
  • International Theatre Festival, Oradea, Romania, 2019
  • International Theatre Festival „The Islands of Wonders”, Sakhalin, Rusia, 2019
  • National Theatre Festival FNT 30 – Different FNT (on-line festival) Bucharest, Romania, 2020
  • International Monodrama Festival, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2025
Distribution:
Ala MENŞIKOV (Artist al poporului) - Jaqueline Rocque

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