One Perfect Day | Un Dia Perfecto
By Margarita Valderrama
Directed by Claren on Tik Tok for the 2021 CAMINOS Festival
One Perfect Day | Un día perfecto is a telenovela-inspired play by Margarita Valderrama, currently being developed for the stage. Alba and Evan think they’re getting the picture perfect Colombian wedding but when the groom is swapped with an evil twin by a long lost sister bent on revenge, the special day falls into chaos, testing the family’s strength.
For this 2021 CAMINOS digital presentation, Margarita and Claren adapted the story into a “TikTok play” where Margarita played all eight characters in a series of over-the-top one minute videos. How does one convert a story that is meant to be grandiose into a medium that fits in your hand and has a short attention span? What is theatre and ceremony without the meeting place? Is it still theatre?