David Espinosa

Mi gran obra (un proyecto ambicioso)

My Great Work (an ambitious project)

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Theatre Figurine theatre, Premiere in the German-speaking region without spoken word, for audiences aged 14 years and older
Wiener Festwochen
{critizism of society} {microcosm} {Barcelona}
, © David Espinosa

David Espinosa - Mi gran obra

David Espinosa, a favourite of audiences at the Venice Biennale, has long been dreaming of a large-scale artistic action. For the time being, though, he lacks the funds for such a project and thus asked his stage designers to build a set at a scale of 1:87, small enough to fit into one single suitcase. Unless they sit in the front row, spectators attending this miniature theatre need opera glasses to follow the story.

David Espinosa is neither puppet maker nor puppet master. He finds his protagonists in the simple figurines crafted for model railways and positions them on a table: strippers, protesters, homeless people and even a Grim Reaper. Moreover, there are soccer players as well, with spectators lolling about on the sidelines. Suddenly, a small child toddles onto the pitch – and everything changes in the blink of an eye. The players kick the young boy, an exhibitionist drops his coat, a female doctor comes running but then is violently sick, and so on … Due to the overlapping scenes, the rigid, lifeless figures release emotions in surprising ways.

Espinosa’s clever subversion of the mundane entails the inevitable question: can we really be sure, do we really know everything there is to know about the simple things that surround us? Take a closer look! The world is dangerous, deceitful and rough. And everything is quite different from what we believe it to be.

This is the first performance by David Espinosa shown at Wiener Festwochen.

Pre-sale only via Wiener Festwochen: www.festwochen.at; T: +43 1 589 22 22 

Discussion with the audience on 31 May, following the second performance.

Credits

Concept development, director, performance
David Espinosa

Artistic collaborator
África Navarro

Sound and music
Santos Martínez, David Espinosa

Stage design
David Espinosa, Air Models

Tour management
M.O.M./El Vivero

A production by David Espinosa El Local E.C./ C.A.E.T., Barcelona. In co-operation with Generalitat de Catalunya – Departament de Cultura, INAEM – Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte.

Dates & Tickets

May 2016

Sat. 28.05.2016, 18:00
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Sat. 28.05.2016, 20:00
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Sun. 29.05.2016, 18:00
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Sun. 29.05.2016, 20:00
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Sun. 29.05.2016, 22:00
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Mon. 30.05.2016, 18:00
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Mon. 30.05.2016, 20:00
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Mon. 30.05.2016, 22:00
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Tue. 31.05.2016, 18:00
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Tue. 31.05.2016, 20:00
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June 2016

Wed. 01.06.2016, 18:00
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Wed. 01.06.2016, 20:00
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Wed. 01.06.2016, 22:00
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Thu. 02.06.2016, 18:00
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Thu. 02.06.2016, 20:00
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Thu. 02.06.2016, 22:00
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Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Wien

Info

The event is sold out.

For audiences aged 14 years and older.

Discussion with the audience on 31 May, following the second performance.

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