ROCAMORA
TEATRE
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THE
NEW CLOTHES
(EL VESTIT NOU)
-available
only in Catalan or Spanish language-
Free adaptation of H.
C. Andersen’s story: "The Emperor's new clothes"
with own contents like the emigration, the peace, the
consumption, etc.
For
all audiences.
For theaters and open air.
DESCRIPTION
Medium-size format for two actors, masks
and sixteen
different-technique puppets, most of which are string
puppets.
In the middle ages, two simple Catalan
weavers and tailors are forced to emigrate. After a
long journey, they eventually make some “very
special" clothes for a pretentious Emperor from
a distant country. These clothes can only be seen by
the most well-placed and intelligent people and are
therefore invisible to the eyes of the bad and foolish.
We wanted to add the
idea of emigration (or immigration, depending on perspective),
with all the factors involved therein, to the moral
of Andersen’s tale referring to the emperor’s
vanity and pretension and deceitful appearances. We
therefore changed the character of the protagonists.
In all the versions consulted, they appear as simple
crooks and scoundrels, but here they are two local weavers
and tailors who, because of the poverty suffered at
the time by the less well-to–do classes, craftsmen
included, are forced to seek work abroad. With laughter,
we thus wish to reflect a little on the time when we
ourselves were the emigrants. In short, we want the
audience to get into the emigrant’s skin and reflect
on why people have to leave their homes, abandon their
families, possessions and homeland to experience a great
number of vicissitudes in unfamiliar places where they
do not know what type of reception they will be given.
CREDITS
Author,
direction, design and construction: .....
Assistant:
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Carles
Cañellas
Susanna
Rodríguez |
| Actors
- Puppeteers |
Carles
Cañellas: .....
Susanna
Rodríguez: ..... |
Genís de Matafaluga
Griselda del Margalló |
WHAT THE
CRITICS HAVE WRITTEN :
Eduard
Batlle. EL PUNT. 08/04/2007
... In the meantime, the group Rocamora gathers
sons and parents in the puppet-show The
New Clothes, with a staging original and
worked free adaptation of the story of Andersen.
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TIMING:
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performance:
1h
stage set up (theatre-lighting): 2h / (open
air-no lighting): 1h
dismantling: 1h |
AUDIENCE:
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all
publics from 2 years upward / maximum recommended
capacity: 300 people |
SCENIC
SPACE: ..... |
may be staged both in a theatre
and outside a stage is not required when the audience
is on tiers or in an amphitheatre / a stage or platform
between 40 and 80cm in height is however required
if the audience are in stalls or standing and there
are over 150 spectators /
(minimum measurements) width: 5m / depth:
5m / theatre: height 3m / exterior: wind-sheltered
area.
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SOUND:
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500w
system with Minidisk and 2 cordless Headworn or Lavalier
microphone systems (control on stage) |
LIGHTING:
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6000w
general lighting is required inside or at night |
CURRENT:
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power
outlet on the stage
minimal potency 2,5kWh + 6Kwh lighting |
THE
NEW CLOTHES have
participated in the following Festivals:
MOSTRA XARXA 2002.
IGUALADA. SPAIN
7è FESTIVAL DE TEATRE DE TITELLES.
SANT LLORENÇ SAVALL. SPAIN
MOSTRA RIALLES 2002. CERDANYOLA DEL VALLÈS.
SPAIN
Xè FESTIVAL DE TITELLES DE CALLDETENES.
CALLDETENES. SPAIN
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TITELLES DE VIC.
VIC. SPAIN
2n. FESTIVAL DE TITELLES A CAN SANT JOAN.
MONTCADA I REIXAC. SPAIN
8a. MOSTRA DE TITELLES. ARENYS DE MAR.
SPAIN
VIIa. FIRA DE TITELLAIRES ROMÀ MARTÍ.
CALDES DE MONTBUI. SPAIN
III FESTIVAL DE TEATRE DE TITELLES DE NOU BARRIS.
BARCELONA. SPAIN
18è FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TEATRE DE TITELLES.
GAVÀ. SPAIN
3a FIRA DE TITELLES. SANT MARTÍ VELL.
SPAIN
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TEATRE I ANIMACIÓ
AL CARRER 2010. VILADECANS. SPAIN
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