Papirus
CAST AND PRODUCTION TEAM
Creation:
Writer and director:
Actors:
Cristina Aguirre
Iolanda Llansó
Rus (en alternança):
Claudio Levati
Marc Costa
Original music:
Lighting:
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Production:
CHARACTERISTICS
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SYNOPSIS
A dockworker and a peasant meet by chance, escaping from the war. Together, with a sense of humour and surprising creativity, they breathe life into a new world. Papirus speaks of friendship, war, the fears that diminish us, feelings and hope. This show brings gesture, humour and creativity to the fore. … and that is how from a scrap of paper a new world was born! A show dedicated to those who keep dreaming.
PHOTOS
AWARDS
· Premi Fira de Titelles de Lleida, 2008. Premi a la millor escenografia. · Premi FETEN 2005 Gijón. Best Direction. · 2005 FETEN Award, Gijón. Best Show. · 2004 Guineueta Award, Friends of Teatre Zorrilla de Badalona. For a show’s evolution.
INTERNATIONAL
Many children around the world have enjoyed Papirus. One of the company’s most emblematic shows. A production highly recognised and applauded by the sector. Key performances …
EUROPE
- SPRINGFESTIVAL (Copenhaguen, Denmark)
- STARKE STÜCKE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL (Frankfurt, Germany)
- INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR (Frankfurt, Germany)
- BUITENGEWOON FESTIVAL (Doetinche, the Netherlands)
- FESTIVAL MOMIX (Kingersheim, France)
- FESTIVAL À PAS CONTÉS (Dijon, France)
- FESTIVAL AVIGNON OFF / Festival Théâtr’enfants et Tout Public (Avignon, France)
- FESTIVAL AU BONHEUR DES MOMES (Le Grand Bornand, France)
- BIENNALE DU THÉÂTRE JEUNES PUBLICS (Lyon, France)
- FESTIVAL LULUBERLU (Blagnac- Toulouse, France)
- SEMENTES – MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE ARTES PARA O PEQUENO PÚBLICO (Almada, Portugal)
- ARTEMREDE, teatros asociados de Portugal (Tournée, Portugal)
- FINTA – FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TEATRO DE TONDELA (Tondela, Portugal)
- FESTIVAL CENAS NA RUA (Tavira, Portugal)
- FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE SEGNI D’INFANZIA (Mantova, Italy)
- FESTIVAL SEGNALI (Milano, Italy)
- FESTIVAL IL GIARDINO NELLE SPERIDI (Colle-Brianza, Italy)
- FESTIVAL CULTURA NOVA/THEATER HERLEEN (Herleen, the Netherlands)
- KROKUS FESTIVAL (Hasselt, Belgium)
ASIA
- INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE (Jerusalem, Israel)
- HAIFA INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL (Haifa, Israel)
- AL MADINA THEATER (Beirut, Lebanon)
- CENTRO CERVANTES DE DAMASCO (Damascus, Syria)
- SHCAT SHANGHAI CHILDREN’S ART THEATER (Shanghai, China)
- JONGNO CHILDREN THEATER (Seoul, South Korea)
- HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTER (Hong Kong, China)
- NATIONAL THEATER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (Beijing, China)
OTHER
- FIT FESTIVAL (Bogotá, Colombia)
- FESTIVAL MINDELACT (Praia & São Vicente, Cape Verde)
- FIRA INTERNACIONAL DE TEATRE DE TÀRREGA (Catalunya, Spain)
- FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE MIM I TEATRE GESTUAL – COS (Reus, Catalunya, Spain)
- MOSTRA DE TEATRE PER A NENS DE CATALUNYA (Igualada, Catalunya, Spain)
- FERIA EUROPEA DE TEATRO PARA NIÑOS – FETEN (Gijón, Asturias, Spain)
- FEIRA DO TEATRO DE GALICIA (Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain)
- FESTIVAL TEATRALIA (Madrid, Spain)
- FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE PALLASSOS DE XIRIVELLA (Xirivella, València, Spain)
- FESTIVAL VALÈNCIA ESCENA OBERTA – VEO (València, Spain)
- RED DE TEATROS de las comunidades de: Madrid, Galicia Castilla La Mancha, Castillla y León, València, Aragó (Spain)
- TEATRE CLUB CAPITOL (Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain)
PRESS
(…) Quan un espectacle crida l’atenció a dos programadors tan astuts com André Leroy [Treteaux Haute Alsace] i Philippe Schlienger [MOMIX] un sospita que no es tracta de qualsevol cosa (…) ‘Papirus’ és una mostra de que els espectacles per a infants, poden ser una molt bona proposta : una faula graciosa i poètica, subtil sota la forma encertada de diversió. DNA Mulhouse, durant el Festival Momix (…) Papirus és un espectacle que ens parla de sentiments i d’esperança. Cuidat en tots els seus detalls, suggeridor, interpretat amb entrega i solvència, representa un nou pas endavant de la companyia i és sens dubte un dels espectacles per a tots els públics més interessants que es poden veure. Ferran Baile (periodista de l’Avui i El Periódico) (…) Xirriquiteula va emocionar, per la seva poesia i el seu mim. Papirus is the demonstration of this group’s creative capacity, a group that for years has been struggling to produce decent shows for family audiences, even on shoestring budgets. Jordi Bordes (El Punt)