The work tells the legendary story of the city of Elx (Elche), which is surrounded by palm forests, and of an angry dragon who sees his natural kingdom threatened by the development of the city beyond its walls. To prevent this, the dragon kidnaps the girls of the town and, by means of a spell, turns them into slender palm trees. An improvised hero puts an end to this curse: with the help of a fairy, he reaches an agreement between the dragon and the inhabitants, so that they preserve the palm grove forever.

Silhouette

Marotte

All audiences

Amorós Antonio

León Juan

Spain

Elche

Electronic text

Legend

Environment

Urban speculation

Ecology

Didactic

Heritage

Nature

Palm tree

Young girl

Dragon

Enchantment

Fantasy

Catalan

Fairy

Judge

People

Old woman

Intervention of the audience

Storyteller

Song

Metamorphosis

Talking animal

L'encanteri del drac

The Dragon's Spell

Pasqual, a schoolteacher from the village, teaches the cleaning lady Aldonza how to read. They read from Don Quixote and play out several chapters using everyday objects they find around them.

Actor and puppet

Shadow theatre

Object theatre

Young audiences

Cullera

Valencia

Adventure

Professor

Literacy class

Reading

School

Dramatic

Parodistic

A scene from Puri Fariza and Pol Paul's show Les lettres de Quichotte (Quixote's letters)