“Looking out from the scene to the myth of creation, establishing historical links that escape mere didacticism and making different approaches to human transit and its relationship with the past, present and future of humanity coexist in the same physical and temporal space, are the pillars on which the show is built (…). The fourth Horseman of My Apocalypse, is a metaphor and at the same time a hard and frontal questioning about the human footprint (…), it is performance, plastic action, spectacular scenic score, living and tangible body, dramatic gestural poetry… ”

These essences, according to Freddys Núñez Estenoz, are the bases on which the new stage proposal of the D ’Luz Theater rests: The Fourth Horseman of My Apocalypse; a work that stands out from what is usual in Camagüey tables.

“The show is an aesthetic reflection on the pain of the human being, the pain of living in a world on the warpath, full of pain, anguish, and confrontations; this is like the genesis that sustains the show. It is the cry of humanity, of suddenly feeling that we are on the brink of the Apocalypse, (…) and it arises at a time where there is a lot of fear in the world, a lot of fear of the future, a lot of fear of the present. ” (Leonardo Leyva, playwright and stage director)

“Those final images of the show are historical images that sometimes remain in the memory, it is important to refresh them, it is important to relive those moments and for the public to understand that theater can be an act of recreation, an act of reflection, but it can also be an act of pain, of catharsis; and that is the challenge, that the public understand the meaning of this staging.” (Leonardo Leyva, playwright and stage director)

“D’ Luz Theatre has always raised the plurality of scenic proposals (…) and it was necessary for us as artists, as creators, to be doing something that had to do with this moment that we are going through. This work is the result of this situation that we have experienced, difficult situations, of great pain, of many losses; situations that show us that we live in a very complex world and that humanity is on the verge of self-destruction, if we are not capable of doing what corresponds to us to save it. ” (Jesús Rueda Infante, General Director of the D ’Luz Theater)

“It is a challenge for our company, which has never done a type of theater like this, an anthropological theater. It is a challenge for the actors, who had not ventured into this aesthetic either and have assumed it with courage, with devotion, that has allowed this result. The company will continue to dabble in this type of work and we have entrusted Leonardo Leyva with the artistic direction of the company, so that he continues to conduct all these creative and aesthetic elements. ” (Jesús Rueda Infante, General Director of the D ’Luz Theater)

“The challenges to represent Abadón were great and they gave me the opportunity to rethink the acting theory as I had conceived it up to now. It allowed me to go deeper, to investigate more in the methods of performances that I already knew and half surprises; because it allowed me to see the performance from a completely different perspective: to conceive the actor as a scholar, as a philosopher. ” (Armando A. Ronquillo Castañeda, actor)

“We have had an intense year of training, of physical, vocal and mental preparation; also to understand the world philosophically in order to understand this show. The Title suggests it, The Fourth Horseman of My Apocalypse, is a sensorial work, where the experience is non-transferable, for ourselves the experience is non-transferable. I feel like a better actress, better prepared to face new projects. (Evelyn Echazábal Antúnez, actress)

Translated by: Aileen Álvarez García