The tiger and the clown

AUTHOR: Javier Del Barrio

Synopsis

Marco es propietario del "Circo Giovanni", un circo de fieras que tiene dificultades para seguir adelante. Además de empresario, participa en los espectáculos como payaso. Un día después de la función, recibe la visita de Nicolás, ex-domador de tigres y payaso, a quien no ve desde hace tiempo. Nicolás traerá noticias del paradero de Carla, la hija de Marco que huyó años atrás, y una oferta para comprar el circo. Pero la oferta significaría para Marco abandonar los principios y bases del circo de toda la vida.

Un drama familiar sobre el maltrato animal en el circo, la necesidad de cambio en la sociedad actual y cicatrizar las heridas del pasado.

Technical data

Original language:
Spanish

Gender:
Drama

Female characters:
1

Male characters:
2

Unpublished

Space
2

Duration
Theatre brief

Time
Contemporary

Year of establishment
2018

Other data
Javier Del Barrio
About the author

Javier Del Barrio

A degree in Stage Direction and Dramaturgy at the RESAD. He collaborated on several performances with the creator Mattis G. of the Source and your company The Nomai, working as an illuminator. In 2018 his work "The son of Bean Nighe" was the winner of XXVII Contest of theatrical texts aimed at a child audience in the town Hall of Pamplona. It has several published texts of long and small format. He was assistant director in "Signed Lejárraga", premiered at the National Drama Center. He has worked as a stage manager in the spaces of Madrid Destination for 2 years. In 2022 was in a Club Benjamin, a project of the New Theatre Crossing, directed by Joseph Sánchis Sinisterra. It has recently been formed as a stage director with Carlos Tuñón. In 2023 premiered "Memories side" written and directed by himself. She has supplemented her training as a playwright with The Young Company, Antonio Rojano, Nieves Rodríguez Rodríguez, Simon Stephens, Luis Sorolla, Rodrigo García and Eusebio Calonge.

Specialty
Playwright, director, lighting technician, stage manager, technical theatre, and writing teacher.

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Financiado por la Unión Europea NextGeneration EU
INAEM
Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia
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