The Roman Forum will be the setting for the magnificent work 'Vita Brevis', which arrives in the city with the Festival of Emerging Art Mucho Más May 2017, made up of more than a hundred activities in this VIII edition.
'Vita Brevis' is an interesting, intense and intimate monologue in which Flora Emilia, the lover of St. Augustine, makes us complicit witnesses to her life as a woman, mother, wife and teacher during the Roman Empire of the fifth century through Of his relationship with the saint and also with his mother, Santa Monica.
This learned woman has outstanding accounts with which for more than a decade was his lover and friend.
A woman ahead of her time who is torn between hatred and tenderness, passion and lucidity, betrayal and forgiveness, claiming the love of life above everything, including God.
It is a theatrical adaptation of the novel by Jostein Gaarder, author, among others, of the cult novel 'The World of Sofia', which will fascinate the audience.
This representation will take place this Thursday, May 18 at 9:00 p.m. and at 10:30 p.m., in the Barrio del Foro Romano.
Attendance is free and access is free until capacity is reached, but prior reservation must be made in the telephone 968 50 00 93 (Puerto de Culturas).
The Mucho Más Mayo Festival, with the collaboration of the Cartagena Piensa program, which collaborates with the Council of Culture of the City of Cartagena, wants to bring this play 'Vita Brevis' closer to the audience so that the public can move to this delicate story And empathize with the protagonist, while they know the secrets of the life of St. Augustine.
More information at www.muchomasmayo.com
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena