¡Burros!

All audiences

 

 

Presented by

 

Ambulatory theatre 

Few words, in French and Spanish

 

WORLD PREMIERE

 

The show starts outside of Saint-Viateur church and will move indoors. Seating is limited. Please arrive early.

Check in at the welcome table outside the church to receive a visitor’s pass that will guarantee you a seat inside.

 

The world’s only remaining donkey has died. A solemn procession is organized to honour its memory… but the funeral is abruptly interrupted by an unexpected event that gives rise to the re-enactment of the most important moments of its life. 

This ambulatory theatre performance celebrates life and death, suffering and joy. A work that inspires both joy and contemplation. A new take on the ancient Feast of the Ass celebrations that seeks to embrace paradoxes as a way of coming to terms with our human-animal selves.

¡Burros! is a celebration for all ages, with a very carnivalesque and popular flavour, that avoids cheap caricatural humour thanks to its clever wit and high quality visual, musical, and theatrical approach.

¡Burros! is the second in a trilogy of animalistic shows that draws the audience into a large-scale puppet show. The first instalment, Les Bêtes dansent ou le sortilège discret de la nature sauvage, was presented at the opening of the 14th edition of Festival de Casteliers in 2018.

 

Running time: 70 minutes

Techniques: puppets, masks, and objects

Photos

Photos: Andrea Calderón

Company

Founded in 2011 in Mexico by actress and stage director Jacqueline Serafin and caricaturist, sculptor and puppet inventor Iker Vicente, La Liga Teatro Elástico seeks to engage the public in an active and playful way. The company’s approach is at the crossroads of sculpture, theatre, performance, and education. La Liga Teatro Elástico’s works – performances and installations – have been presented in Canada, Mexico, Spain, and South Africa.

Credits

Stage direction, scenography, masks and puppets: Iker Vicente

Performers and creative collaborators: Jacqueline Serafín, Noémi Belanger, Salim Hammad, and Iker Vicente

Stage direction advisor: Marcelle Hudon

Dramaturgy advisor: Francis Monty

Costumes: Jerildy Bosch

Stage direction and production assistant: Élisabeth Bosquet

Scenography and costume assistant: Flavia Evia

Costume assistant: Jessica Hernández

​​Musical direction, composition, clarinette and bass clarinette: Pierre-Emmanuel Poizat

Additional composition, accordeon and percussions: Luzio Altobelli

Additional composition, trumpet and percussions: Némo Babin

 

La Liga Teatro Elástico gratefully acknowledges the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ministère de l’éducation du Québec and Léonard de Vinci school, as well as the Mexican Secretariat of Culture (Secretaría de Cultura – SACPC) for their support.