Ârtica

On tour

Premiere venueFestival The Asteroiden (Denmark)

Created in2013

Countries8

Performances done373

2018 Best show award

International Theatre Festival Faces Without Masks in Macedonia

2014 Drac d'or

Best show concept at Fira de Titelles de Lleida

2013 Premi MORITZ

Best show at FiraTàrrega

2018 Best show award

International Theatre Festival Faces Without Masks in Macedonia

2014 Drac d'or

Best show concept at Fira de Titelles de Lleida

2013 Premi MORITZ

Best show at FiraTàrrega

Artistic and technical team

  • Original idea and direction

    Sergi Ots

  • Assistant to director

    Emilie De Lemos

  • Script

    Ponten Pie

  • Cast

    Natàlia Méndez, Borja Nieto, Sergi Ots

  • Set design

    Jordi Dorado, Sergi Ots

  • Set construction and artifacts

    Jordi Dorado

  • Assistants to set construction

    Gemma García, Gerard Tubau, Marlako

  • Special effects and props

    Marcos Díaz

  • Costume design

    Espe Pascual

  • Costume maker

    Airam Padilla

  • Lighting

    Ponten Pie

  • Photography

    Eva G. Alcántara

  • Refrigerator technician

    Alex Vázquez

With support from:

  • Carro de Baco

  • Asterions Hus

  • Ajuntament de Santa Coloma de Gramenet

  • Ajuntament de Mataró

  • l’Estruch Sabadell

  • INAEM

  • Institut Ramon Llull

  • Teatre Sagarra

  • ICEC

  • Fira Tàrrega

Synopsis

ÂRTICA is a non-conventional show, without text, where the theatrical experience becomes a sensitive adventure. An old wooden shed holds a secret that will only be disclosed to those who get in.
In groups of eighteen and performances of approximately 50 minutes, the audience will be welcomed by curious characters, who will invite them to enter their home.
Each spectator will wear a warm coat to protect them from the cold (6ºC) inside the shed.
Every day several coats arrive to this shed from different parts of the world. They are all old and broken, thrown into the shed as if it was a rubbish container. After checking them thoroughly, the characters find the “soul thread” of every single coat. With the help of a particular device, they can read the last story that the coat experienced before arriving to the shed. Their last breath of life. In a mysterious way, the stories hidden behind the threads become alive in the shed.
A unique experience and a set that changes unexpectedly. This is the place where the coldest stories evolve into the warmest memories of our lives. In front of our eyes, a window will open and will let us in a nostalgic and poetic world.
Don’t be cold, just follow the thread…