This is a site-specific writing and creation workshop based on the concept of “the illusions” that take place in a beauty salon that is also a liminal zone, a threshold towards death -or towards a new life-, a decadent hairdressing salon where the participants/characters settle accounts with themselves and prepare themselves physically and morally to cross the shore. This Beauty Salon is also a spa where all those who are tired of the world but who, in their heart of hearts, know that there is nothing more important than shared care, find a place to shelter.

José Manuel Mora was born in Seville in 1978. After abandoning his studies in Biology and training as an actor at the Centro de Artes Escénicas de Andalucía, he moved to Madrid where he studied playwriting and stage direction at the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático. He furthered his studies in London, Berlin and Amsterdam, where he completed a Master’s Degree in Theatre at the University of Amsterdam. His plays have been translated into English, French, Norwegian, Italian, German and Serbian. He has been selected as a playwright by the Royal Court Theatre in London, the I Programa de Dramaturgias Actuales del Ministerio de Cultura de España and the Programa de Jóvenes Creadores del FONCA (Mexico); he has also been invited in two editions to the Berliner Festspiele und Theatertreffen in Berlin (2008 and 2012).

Carlota Ferrer is a director, choreographer and actress. Director of the Festival de Otoño de Madrid. She was Artistic Director of the Corral de comedias de Alcalá de Henares with Darío Facal. 2017 y 2018. 2015 Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Draftinn with José Manuel Mora.