Polichinell argues with Pierrot and beats him to death with a stick. Then he kills an infant whose screams were bothering him, along with the nanny – Gänsehals. Polichinell shows more affection for his kitten, but the cat almost chokes because Polichinell feeds him without restraint. The apothecary, who heard the cries, arrives; Polichinell kills him too, because he suggested that his hump could be a deformity that should be operated on. The superintendent Spürnase arrives as well to determine what is happening in the house, and ends up being killed too, just like the two police officers that came to arrest Polichinell. As for the executioner Knüpfauf, he is hung to his own gallows by Polichinell. Finally, the Devil appears. Polichinell fends for himself, and when his opponent thinks him dead, he gets back on his feet abruptly…and kills him with a single stroke.

Glove-puppet

Young audiences

Germany

Leipzig

Printed

Pickle

Nose

Hump

Funny face

Nurse

Insults

Noise

Serial murder

Gallows

Scatology

Legion of Honour

Farcical

The first of ten engravings on copper

German

Kleinkinderbuch

Polichinelle

Pierrot

Baby

Apothecary

Police Superintendant

Constable

Executioner

Devil

Prologue

Address to the public

Song

Blow-with-a-stick

Murder on stage

Hanging scene

Comic Equivocation

Der siegreiche Held Polichinell

Polichinell the Victorious Hero

In an atmosphere recreating the Soviet Union in the 1970s, two actors greet the audience in Russian. They are wearing blond wigs and handing out tickets made of tissues. An old record player, a table with an ancient television covered with a crocheted doily and small china dogs, among other objects, form a kitschy setting. The paper figures show a nose coming off the face of author Nikolai Gogol and going into a bottle of port wine on the table, next to a turtle with Marine Le Pen’s face. Then Theresa May flies across space aboard a T-Rex. Vladimir Putin is turned into a zebra in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s body, with Sacha Baron Cohen’s legs (Borat). He will then appear in a two-headed heart alongside Donald Trump. Finally, Jacques Prévert’s and Luís de Camões’s lines are recited and accompanied by an unusual and varied soundtrack (Iggy Pop, Serge Gainsbourg, Juliette Gréco, Yves Montand).

Toy theatre

Object theatre

All audiences

Portugal

Lisbon

Storyboard

Politics

Social criticism

Music

Kitsch

Collage

Culture

Comical

Satirical

Absurd

Este não é o nariz de Gogol mas podia ser... com um toque de Jacques Prévert (Compagnie A Tarumba, 2016)

Portuguese

Nikolai Gogol

Writer

Barber

Major

Part of human body

Sphinx

Vladimir Putin

Donald Trump

Marine Le Pen

Boris Johnson

Theresa May

Jacques Prévert

Luís Vaz de Camões

Singer (female)

Juliette Gréco

Singer

Yves Montand

Serge Gainsbourg

Iggy Pop

Football player

Cristiano Ronaldo

Barack Obama

Grupo de narizes bailarinos de São Petersburgo

Dancer

Inserting poetry

Comical foreign accent

Allusion to current political events

Caricature

Este não é o nariz de Gogol mas podia ser... com um toque de Jacques Prévert

This is not Gogol’s nose but it could be… in Jacques Prévert’s style