<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