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
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…