With more than 10,000 spectators since its premiere in 2021, Temis, the acclaimed work by the Bonobo Company, arrives at GAM, which invites us to reflect on violence and justice, putting family structures in check.

A family has spent years growing a family business that is characterized by proposing inclusive and anti-discriminatory practices among its workers, and has considerably increased its wealth. The prosperous moment they live will be interrupted by the arrival of a lost sister, raised in an environment radically different from theirs. The emergence of this enigmatic sister will put the concept of justice in crisis for the members of this family, and will cause unexpected prejudices and fears to appear among them.

This is the third part of the trilogy composed of Where the barbarians live (2015) and You will love (2018). As in his previous creations, Temis reflects on the forms of violence and discrimination exercised in democracy, with agile dialogues where black humor, absurdity and discomfort prevail.

Awarded by the Chilean Art Critics Circle in the Best Dramaturgy category in 2022 and after passing through various festivals such as Teatro a Mil, Quilicura Teatro Juan Radrigán and the Biobío International Theater Festival, the work returns for a brief season to the capital with five performances in our A2 room.

“We always reflect on how violence exercised in democratic contexts has perpetuated various forms of exclusion. This time we propose that the city does not actually exclude barbarians but rather produces them. So we ask ourselves if we want people to enter this system to reproduce the same logic or do we want to change that system that produces this logic. What is the solution, seek inclusion or seek justice?”

— Pablo Manzi, co-director and playwright.

Dramaturgy: Pablo Manzi | Direction:Andreina Olivari and Pablo Manzi | Cast: Gabriel Cañas, Marcela Salinas, Carlos Donoso, Paulina Giglio, Pablo Manzi and Guilherme Sepúlveda | Comprehensive Design: Felipe Olivares and Juan Andrés Rivera (Los Contadores Auditores) | Masks: O’Ryan Lab | Prosthetics: Jocelyn Olguín | Music: Camilo Catepillan | Musical arrangements: Daniel Marabolí | Production: Alessandra Massardo