La Maison de Bernarda Alba

A family drama in contemporary theatre, La Maison de Bernarda Alba brings together a mother and her five daughters in a household where authority and appearances dictate every gesture of daily life.

The play follows a family shut away in their house, where Bernarda enforces a strict period of mourning on her daughters after the death of their father. Under constant watch, rivalries, thwarted desires and secrets that surface gradually heighten the tension between the women of the house. The show belongs to the contemporary theatre genre, where speech and power relations take centre stage.

The show is presented at the Théâtre Beaux Arts Tabard in Montpellier, as part of the city's programme of shows. It appeals to audiences who enjoy family dramas and texts that question the place of women and social constraint, in writing rooted in reality.