MriiaFilms · TEN minutes on stage

TEN minutes on stage:
our first two performances,
now on film.

A theatre is a room before the lights come up: a place where a short play can ask its questions in the presence of other people. In Barcelona, two original works did exactly that. Now the recordings let the moment travel.

A quiet exchange between two performers during The Black Pepper at Niu
A pause inside The Black Pepper. The room at Niu · espai artístic contemporani, Barcelona.

The first performance

The Black
Pepper

Friday, September 25 · 8:00 PMNiu · espai artístic contemporani
Barcelona

By Julia Mostova Performed by Samuel Williams and Valeria Rudenko

A meeting in a theatre, where memory, attraction and the limits people set for one another share the same small space.

The Black Pepper is a poetic two-person encounter shaped by familiar memories, promises and boundaries. Its conversation keeps shifting between what has already been lived and what might still be possible. The performance does not need a larger world around it; the attention between two people becomes the setting.

The full stage, and the small distance between two people.
A change in posture changes the temperature of the scene.
A few words shared with the audience at Niu.
A conversation with the audience at the Black Pepper evening.

The recorded performance · Opens on Cinatre

Watch The Black Pepper
Poster for The Black Pepper, presented by Julia Mostova and BARCIFF
The Black Pepper · Performance poster

The second performance

I Should
Do Better

Saturday, October 17 · 6:30 PMNiu · espai artístic contemporani
Barcelona

Written and directed by Julia Mostova Performed by Orla O’Leary

One voice, taking stock of the life she meant to be living—and trying to find a next step.

In I Should Do Better, a woman tries to put her life and goals in order. Personal upheaval, loneliness and the weight of expectations press against the search for purpose. The monologue holds that uncertainty without tidying it away; its centre is the effort to make sense of where to begin.

A single performer, holding the room.
A quieter beat inside the monologue.
Gathered together for I Should Do Better.
Sharing the evening with the audience at Niu.

The recorded performance · Opens on Cinatre

Watch I Should Do Better
Poster for I Should Do Better, written and directed by Julia Mostova
I Should Do Better · Performance poster

The work continues

A short play can
leave a long echo.

TEN minutes on stage brings original short writing into real rooms and real encounters. These first two recordings are a way to return to that shared space—and to pass the work along.

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Presented by Julia Mostova and BARCIFF
In partnership with IBERIFF and Niu · MriiaFilms