[Dramatized Reading] Decreation, by Anne Carson, codirected by Elizabeth Sarah Coles and Elena Tarrats (19.12.2025)
[Dramatized Reading] Decreation, by Anne Carson, codirected by Elizabeth Sarah Coles and Elena Tarrats (19.12.2025)
Decreation is a poetic and philosophical journey through the voices of three women protagonists who seek the disappearance of the self as the radical consequence of desire
12.11.2025
On December 19, 2025, the Centre for Studies in Aesthetics, Religion and Contemporary Culture and La Casa dels Clàssics will present a performance of Decreation, a dramatic reading based on the opera libretto by the renowned Canadian poet Anne Carson in her work of the same name. The performance is co-directed by literary critic Elizabeth S. Coles and actress and playwright Elena Tarrats, who also performs in the piece alongside Iria del Río and Mireia Calafell.
The performance is part of the Clàssics Festival organized by La Casa dels Clàssics.
Decreation, by Anne Carson
Friday December 19
7 p.m.
Dipòsit de les Aigües, UPF Library (Ciutadella Campus)
Elena Tarrats, Iria Del Río, and Mireia Calafell
The event is supported by the projects “Countermovement: Mysticism Against the Grain” (Templeton Religion Trust / PRISM Tampere University), “Public Lyric: Poet-Scholars in the Public Sphere” (European Union / CRASSH, University of Cambridge), and by the Clàssics Festival of La Casa dels Clàssics.
