A PELO

Name: A Pelo - Fernando Troya
Start: 2026-01-24T20:30:00+01:00
Location: Frascati, Amsterdam

Fernando Troya

Thu 22 Jan ’26 - Sat 24 Jan ’26

A visceral duet of sweat and survival. No protection, just bare desire.

Thu 22 Jan ’26

Sat 24 Jan ’26

Thu 22 Jan ’26

20:30

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 1

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Fri 23 Jan ’26

20:30

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 1

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Sat 24 Jan ’26

20:30

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 1

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A Pelo [a ˈpe.lo] - adv. phrase 1. Carried out without protection or preparation, without much thought. 2. Naked; without disguise. 3. Colloq. without a saddle, bareback. 4. Fig. To face something unarmed, often on impulse.

In this raw physical duet that serves as a prequel to We play so hard it hurts, Fernando takes you through a darker time in his past. A time of oversexualization, often leaving him feeling ugly and condemned. The piece shows how queer desire becomes the conflict and the body its battlefield.

Unapologetically intimate: it wants to be seen, felt, and endured.

Two bodies trapped. As one tries to escape, the other becomes the jailer.
What if the only way out is through each other?

A Pelo is not here to please you. It’s here to own you.
Edging you with sweat and exposure - until nothing is left but skin, breath, and exhaustion.

Duration: 60 min.

Credits

maker Fernando Troya performance Fernando Troya & Nacho Sanz music by Marko Ivic
assistant Quentin Roger dramaturgie Gerben Vaillant light design Cerian Mason & Fernando Troya scenographic Cerian Mason, Dana Claasen & Fernando Troya business coach Martijn Schipper marketing Joren Lefebvre photographie Ferran Sanchez Castillo productieassistent Rosanna Freda
special thanks to Ignacio Sanz, Barnaby Savage and partners ICK Dans Amsterdam, Free Willie, Club Church and Amsterdam Fringe Festival (Willem van Rossum and Farnoosh Farnia)

In the media

"The way he plays with (self-)submission, objectification and genuine connection makes the performance gripping from beginning to end." Theaterkrant

Over Fernando

Fernando Troya (1989) is a performing artist and the director of A Pelo Productions. He is currently supported by ICK Amsterdam. He is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, though he was born in Madrid, Spain. He graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Dance in Madrid (2008) and completed a BA in Dance at the María de Ávila Conservatory (2022). His practice as a maker, however, extends into the realm of physical theatre and performance.

In 2024, Fernando produced and presented We play so hard it hurts at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival, with the support of ICK Amsterdam, AFK, Norma Fonds, Free Willie and Club Church, among others. He won the International Bursary Award, which is currently allowing the production to tour nationally and internationally.

He has also produced independent projects such as the series Reminiscente, a two-and-a-half-year research project on Plato’s Theory of Forms and the painter Francisco de Goya; Essential Rights, awarded the BNG Bank Dansprijs in the Netherlands; and Withering, a solo work performed and awarded at various festivals around the world.