Last night, Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie and the British Ambassador to Argentina, Mark Kent, watched together the last performance of Minefield at the San Martin Theatre, a project by writer/director Lola Arias which brings together six Argentine and British veterans of the Malvinas War.
Throughout the play, in a movie set turned into a time machine, the veterans transport themselves to the past in order to reconstruct their memories of the war and their lives following the conflict.
The play successfully premiered at the Brighton Festival in England and later toured Germany. In 2016, the play went on stage in Buenos Aires and ever since every performance has been sold out, attracting an all-ages audience. The play is currently part of the British theatre season of the Buenos Aires Theatre Complex as a co-production of UNSAM, LIFT, the Royal Court Theatre, the Brighton Festival and other entities linked to cultural activities.
Minefield delves into the meaning of "veteran" and opposes different views on the conflict, gathering old enemies to tell the same story while exploring the scars of the war, the relationship between experience and fiction, and the innumerable ways of evoking memories. Furthermore, it has helped to connect both sides of the Malvinas war, bringing veterans together to work as a team and collaborate in the making of the play, exploring their memories after thirty years.
The Secretary of Human Rights, Claudio Avruj, the Director for Cultural Affairs of the Argentine Foreign Ministry, Sergio Baur, and the Director General of the Buenos Aires Theatre Complex, Jorge Telerman, watched the performance as well.
Press Release No. 389/18
