ROTAS DE POLICHINELO Performances and Street Performances
STREET PERFORMANCESMARATONA DE ROBERTOS | VARIOUS PUPPETEERS | PORTUGAL July, 5th| Chiado | from 2:30 pm to 7 pm | free admissionJuly, 6th| Belém, Jardim do Império | from 2:30 pm to 7 pm | free admissionDom Roberto plays have been part of the major
Portuguese traditional puppet shows for a long time.
Dom Roberto is a quite straightforward and blunt
character that solves his arguments fighting with a stick… but – at the same
time – he is also friendly and easy-going, and the audiences love him.
Join us at these Roberto’s marathons and watch the
shows by eleven Portuguese puppeteers in their small puppet theaters. PERFORMANCES | MUSEU DA MARIONETA (PUPPET MUSEUM)LE GUARATTELLE DI PULCINELLA | LUCA RONGA | ITALYJuly, 11st & 12nd | 9:30 PM | free admissionPULCINELLA by Luca Ronga is classical and concise, with a virtuose and
exquisite manipulation, filled with amazing nuances e subtleties. He is
an outstanding puppeteer as far as character manipulation is concerned.PUNCH & JUDY | MARTIN BRIDLE | UNITED KINGDOMJuly, 18th &19th| 9:30 PM| free admissionPUNCH by Martin Bridle, one of its most famous puppeteers,
addresses the musical and rythmn issues in Punch’s manipulation. A show for a
contemporary audience of all ages. FOLIES DE PUTXINEL | TONI RUMBAU | SPAIN (CATALONIA)July, 25th & 26th | 9:30 PM | free admissionIn this show we watch PUTXINEL acting crazy. Is the
devil as mean as he looks? Or as good as he wants us to believe? Not even Lady
Death is always a winner. A show for all ages! UN TROVATELLO IN CASA DEL DIAVOLO | GIGIO BRUNELLO | ITALYAugust, 1st & 2nd | 9:00 PM | free admissionThis show by the renowed puppeteer and author master Gigio
Brunello, comes from Venice. The plot addresses the ever-lasting question: does
the Devil exists? And how may one get free from him if he enters one’s home? THE GARBAGE MONSTER | CENGIZ ÖZEK SHADOW THEATRE | TURKEYAugust, 1st & 2nd | 10 PM | free admissionMeet KARAGÖZ, a very funny character from the Turkish shadow puppets,
in a show by Cengiz
Özek, its major puppeteer! A traditional show targeting today’s audiences.
Ciclo: FREE ADMISSON