Heart of Darkness is a journey between life and death,  based on the novella by Joseph Conrad which was first published in 1899. This powerful literary descent into our inner hell and darker side inspired Francis Ford Coppola’s groundbreaking film “Apocalypse Now” (1979), a dramatic and surreal snapshot of the Vietnam War.

“We entered the poetics of destruction,” shares Enrique Vargas, director of Theatre of the Senses, describing this work as a journey into the heart of violence and evil in which we are confronted with a question: is there any hope for humanity?  “We work on violence that we are able to inflict on each other,” said Vargas. The broader implications of this question are as relevant now as they were during the passive genocide by ordinary German people during the Second World War, who did nothing to stop the atrocities of the Holocaust which were being perpetrated in their name, by their nation.

Is it time to look in the mirror and start holding ourselves accountable for the destruction of human lives and suffering that is happening right now at our European borders?

This timeless classic is retold through a contemporary and deeply poetic lens by the Theatre of Senses, a Barcelona based company established 20 years ago by the acclaimed artist, actor and anthropologist Enrique Vargas as part of the Barcelona Grec Festival.