Un 8
Cia. Inflable (Catalonia)
Price : €3
Hours:
Friday 17 at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. (English) and 5:30 p.m. (Spanish)
Saturday 18 at 10 am, 11 am, 3:30 pm, 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm
Sunday 19 at 10 am, 11 am and 12 pm
Age : +5
Language : Friday at 4:30 p.m. in English and at 5:30 p.m. in Spanish. The rest of the sessions are in Catalan.
Duration : 20 minutes
An 8. A journey to the stars. A journey to infinity. Infinity, which is an eight. An eight that rests.
An 8 is a metaphor for the process of saying goodbye, accepting loss and the difficulty of “letting go” from a child's point of view. Between now and memory, creation and memory, the child travels with his grandmother towards infinity, an eight that rests. An immersive experience inside an inflatable tent that transforms loss into poetry, distance into contact and goodbye into an emotional journey that speaks of life, love and shared memories. An 8 is a story written by an adult to explain to a five-year-old child what it is like to leave the world. Without any certainty. Without any belief system. We believe in the present moment, alive and vibrant. We believe in the present moment that remembers. We believe that remembering is a creative act. To create, to remember, in the here and now, is what makes us live. It brings to life, now, those who are no longer here.
Artistic sheet
- Based on the story Un viatge a les estrelles by Clàudia Vilà
Direction: Jordi Vilà - Dramaturgy: Marçal Bayona, Aleix Melé and Jordi Vilà
- Interpretation: Marçal Bayona and Aleix Melé
- Design and construction of puppets and objects: Alfred Casas
- Light and sound design: Toni Ubach
Costume design: Pau Garcia
Technique: Mar Sorroche - Production: Victoria Boixadera and Aina Bujosa
Child's voice: Biel Calsina Rocamora (Catalan), Greta Cahisa (Spanish), Clara Bintcliffe (English)
Photos: Lydia Cazorla - Acknowledgements: Xavi Arbonès, Enric Oliver, Núria Rocamora, Vicky Cahisa, Sílvia Navarro, Cheryl Stapleton, Teresa Sánchez i alumnes de Les Pisanes - escola de teatre, Maria Mora, Eva Santamaría Gallego, Júlia Santacana, Jordi Vallès, Can Boringues i tota la família de L’Estruch.
- A production by La Canina Teatre, with the support of the City Council of Terrassa and the Estruch Fàbrica de Creació. In collaboration with PROCREA and Viu el teatre!
Meet the company
Cia. Inflable creates physical and visual theatre from a multidisciplinary perspective, with a special focus on light and sound as dramaturgical elements. In 2024, they premiered MATZALI, a piece that reflects on what happens when we disrupt the natural rhythm of things. With each project, they expand their artistic team, surrounding themselves with the right professionals for each unique universe. The tent is their second home: a traveling theatre capable of transforming public space into a place of gathering.
