Domingos de Vermut y Potaje

The artist Maui will present the performance Domingos de Vermut y Potaje, on Friday, May 29th from 9:30pm to 10:45pm at the Jardin Michelet.

“Es la hora del vermut” (“It’s vermouth time”) is an elegant expression and an excellent excuse to provoke a meeting, an inspiration, laughs an easiness, and an unparalleled “whet your appetite”. There is no more sublime moment than tasting the bittersweetness of this elixir. Dalí, Oprah Winfrey, Frank Sinatra, or your grandfather knew it well.
And there is right vermouth without its subsequent aperitif…
Lighting stoves, turning off stress, apron on, tools prepared, ladle at hand…
Let the ceremony begin!

The show that Maui proposes is a mix of theater, music, repentismo, pellizco, and spoken word, using the potaje as the protagonist. We will begin by preparing the body with vermouth; then the singer-actor will cook live this traditional dish from Utrera, her town, her house. To help her in this task, she receives a guest in her kitchen who provides the ideal seasoning for this magic potion every Sunday. Artists such as Antonio Carmona, La Mari from Chambao, Martirio, Javier Ruibal, Antonio Canales, among many others, have already cooked alongside Maui.

In a moment, the theater will be impregnated with an aroma that is an ole tu alé, of potaje! “Domingos de Vermut y Potaje” is a show that will culminate in the stalls, where spectators and artists come together around the stew to recreate those very gypsy moments where jokes, cante, pataíta, a guitar, and the most authentic truth, go hand in hand naturally. The interaction with the public, the improvisation, and the wit will make this experience as authentic as it is unrepeatable.

Magic happens around the pot; the compass is born, the duende gets entangled, and beyond being some beans made with love, potaje is always an ideal potion for the party; Fernanda and Bernarda de Utrera, El Perrate, Gaspar and the great Bambino, knew about it well.

Maui guides us in the experience of “Domingos de Vermut y Potaje” (“Sundays of Vermouth and Stew”); dress up and come live it, then you will only have one option, take a nap, yes, but with a smile on your face.