<p>In a tavern, Virgili presents four short stories that take place in a circus and have the themes of solitude, failure and death in common. A clown, in love with a trapeze artist, kills her partner; a trainer treats his wife as if she were a circus animal and ends up killing her; a young juggler kills his father with the needles he uses to inject cocaine; a soldier, a musician in the circus band who raped girls and killed children during the war, ends up shot as a deserter.</p>

String marionette

Adults

Alapont Pasqual

Spain

Valencia

Printed

Love

Despair

Discrimination

Death

Couple

Loneliness

Revenge

Violence

Spousal abuse

Circus

Domination

Murder

Dramatic

Grotesque

Catalan

Obra per a un actor i titelles

Clown

Trapeze artist

Accordionist

Edith Piaf

Waiter

Spider

Jazz Band

Billie Holiday

Tamer

Carlos Gardel

Guitarist

Dancer

Juggler

Father

Soldier

Harald Paulsen

General

Announcer

Metatheatre

Throws

Song

Murder on stage

Allegory

El circ de la fosca

Le cirque des ténèbres

<p>Young Chorten and his guide walk through the Himalayas, forced into exile to escape the invaders who have occupied their country. Chorten does not want to leave his country, but the guide explains that it is necessary to continue living. On the way, they encounter a Yak, who will lead them to the neighbouring country. They also meet two other children, young Tsangpo and his sister Song, who are also on the run. The journey is hard and tiring, and the little Tsangpo cannot resist the cold of the mountains. Shortly afterwards, the Yak also abandons them. Chorten and Song are exhausted, but the guide convinces them to continue their journey. And finally they arrive: the signal is a light cloud of butterflies surrounding the children.</p>

Young audiences

Cagnard Jean

France

Alès

Exile

Child

Childhood

Cold

Journey

Children--Death

Mountain

Butterfly

Poetry

Himalaya

Freedom

Border

Hallucination

Humour

Flight

Pathetic

Fantasy

French

Storyteller

Alternating narrative / dialogue

Talking animal

Apparition

Brawl

Disguise

Active stage directions

Animated natural element

Speechless character

Repetition of a word

Scene of madness

Scene fragment

Silence

Warning signs

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