CIA.Pau Palaus
CLOWN
Contemporary clowning, improvisation, street theatre and live music;
PETJADES
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“A clown who gets naked next to a musician who can’t get dressed.”
A young boy from Poland and his grandfather, a Romani man who owns a small spice shop in Warsaw, are forced to emigrate during World War II. This forces them to become refugees.
The grandfather, in a wheelchair, depends physically and emotionally on the unconditional support of his grandson, who will never leave his side. They must overcome obstacles so daunting that they can only be turned around and laughed at. They create a continuous game to escape reality together, to face it, live it, and share the laughter.
How can we talk about refugees, a fragile subject, using the languages of clowning and mime?
This is where the magic lies.
Improvisation will be the driving force behind the show. It will involve interacting with the audience, with people on the street, with the setting itself… creating a poetic, human, and humorous atmosphere.
A character who, through empathy and subtlety, is able to transport the viewer from emotions, action, and music to the moment of a person who has had to emigrate, never forgetting that we are watching a clown show, and yes, we are going to LAUGH!
Even so, who doesn't like getting goosebumps if the reason is feeling emotional?
Interacting with the spaces and creating a relationship between clown, musician and audience as well as with the space, delving into the story so that the audience, through games and actions based on the needs of a refugee, can put themselves in his shoes with humor, joy and tenderness.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Original idea: Pau Palaus
Directed by: Pau Palaus and Adrian Schvarzstein
Main Performer - Clown: Pau Palaus
Supporting Performer - Musician: Manu Barandiaram
Musical composition and live music: Manu Barandiaran
Set design: Cia. Pau Palaus
Costumes: Cia.Pau Palaus
Production: Cia. Pau Palaus and Trompez Cirkus Management
Distribution: TrompezCirkus Management (Maria Soler)
Support for creation:
- SeaChange Arts + Fira Trapezi Reus + Institut Ramón Llull: Creative Residency at The Drill House, in the village of Great Yramouth, England. + Premieres at the Out There Festival 2019.
- Ca n'Humet, El Mansou: creation residency + recruitment at Plè de Riure 2019
"We will dream so big that we will awaken everyone around us, and we will dream so far that everyone will be around us, and we will dream so loudly that we will be spreading the illusion of a path by contagion."
I believe in love as the only option for attack. In hatred as the first sign of defeat. In kindness as the only measure of humanity.
(Fertile Laughter – Escandar Algeet)