Papirus
CAST AND PRODUCTION TEAM
Creation:
Writer and director:
Actors:
Cristina Aguirre
Iolanda Llansó
Rus (alternating):
Claudio Levati
Marc Costa
Original music:
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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
· Lleida International Puppet Fair, 2008. Award for the Best Scenography.
· 2005 FETEN Award, 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
(…) When a show cries out to programmers as canny as André Leroy [Treteaux Haute Alsace] [Treteaux Haute Alsace] i Philippe Schlienger [MOMIX], [MOMIX] you suspect that this is not just any old show. (…) Papirus demonstrates that children’s shows can be extremely high-quality productions: a delightful poetic fable, subtle in how its entertainment hits the mark.
DNA Mulhouse, at Momix Festival(…) Papirus is a show that speaks of feelings and of hope. Careful in all its details, suggestive, acted with commitment and trustworthiness, it represents a fresh step forward by the company and is doubtless one of the most interesting shows for audiences of all ages one can see.
Ferran Baile (journalist for l’Avui and El Periódico)(…) Xirriquiteula moved us with their poetry and mime. 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)