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Plastic seeks to raise awareness of the pollution problem
September 12, 2018The play Plastic, by the Canadian group Théâtre Puzzle, contains an ecological message and provides a teaching about the creative processes and history of puppet theater, based on a multicolored acting proposal with unusual puppets, humor and unexpected situations.
The play which is presented in the XLVI edition of the Cervantino International Festival as part of the program Cervantino for All, begins by explaining the steps that gave rise to it, then invites the public to make their own figures using two large orange bags to tell a story without dialogue.
Thought of as a family show, the staging establishes a game with the bags that give rise to characters who eat, fight, fly, get bored, search, exist and serve as a mirror of human nature.
The climax is achieved when the bags fight over a piece of plastic. However, their struggle doesn't end there because, as the actors warn, "this can go on for 400 years, because the plastic takes the same time to decompose”. It is here that the theater company tries to raise public awareness of the problem of plastic contamination of the world's ecology.
Founded in 1996 in Bulgaria and established in Montreal in 2004, Théâtre Puzzle explores the different scenic styles in object and puppet theater with a pedagogical sense. Its members are artistic director Pavla Mano, creator Csaba Raduly and lighting and design manager Iván Stavrev.
Pavla Mano, a Bulgarian-born director, playwright, puppeteer and designer, has held a Master's Degree in Stage Design for the Puppet Theater of the Sofia National Theater and the Film School since 1996. She has specialized in improvisation, puppet construction, object theater, stop motion, television, among others.
During the last 20 years of her professional life, she has directed more than 45 shows, written 25 plays and acted in more than 50 productions in Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Spain, Germany, France and Quebec. Established in Montreal, Canada, since 2004, she is founder and artistic director of Puzzle Théâtre. She also trains and directs puppet workshops.
Csaba Raduly, creator and performer, after finishing his studies in Drama at the Babes-Bolyai University in Kolozsvár, worked for the Hungarian repertoire theater in Székelyudvarhely, where he played many leading roles. In 2006, he settled in Montreal, where he joined the Puzzle Theatre and got involved in a new artistic approach: creative theater
Plastic will be presented on October 13 and 14 at 5 p.m. in the Auditorio de Minas.
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