Show aimed at boys and girls from 6 to 10 years old and family audiences
SYNOPSIS
In “Infimo” we tell the story of a reunion between an old man and his old playmate: an old tin cat.
Grandpa lives in the house, secluded in his room. His only hidden pleasure is to calmly drink his coffee, which he lovingly prepares in his old Italian coffee pot.
One day he is discovered and separated from his coffee pot. They throw it in the basement along with the old junk. There he meets Infimo, the tin cat and together they decide to escape in search of the grandfather.
This is how Infimo and Cofi climb the stairs to the house. It will not be an easy search, the two will go through countless difficulties that will delay their desired meeting.
IDEAL Granada, February 5, 2000, Andrés Molinari
The small becomes great through the magic of theater. Infimo is a mechanical cat, made of screws, an old bicycle headlight and rusty junk, but he has more soul than many humans. His heart is big and generous, a scenic loan from his handlers. Unlike other puppets, the human does not connect with Infimo through threads or mittens or rods. The man surrounds him almost with the affection of an embrace, moves him with the softness with which lips are pursed when kissing or eyelids are narrowed when winking. Handlers do not wear black hats or cover their face with masks because the human is also an essential part of the show.
On elementary and simple feelings a tiny show is built only in appearance. A cart, with its load of popular and ancient evocations, turns before our eyes to show us the stairs, the house, the attic or the attic.
In each home layer some beings of metal, fabric or flesh reveal their most human entrails. The actors and the objects treat each other face to face while the little white rats come and go like demiurges of the cartoon or as choruses of the least tragedy.
From the basement to the roof, the objects are animated by a subtle magic that immediately convinces us that we are in front of a very well done work.
We feel sorry for the grandfather, afraid of the kitten, remoteness due to greed and even a distant whiff of coffee, which opens and closes with its bright circle, the whole story.
As a luxury wrapper, which enhances the music without friction. An attractive score, with the right balance between the melodic and the contemporary, agile in emphasizing the rhythm and sober in the dramatic effects. And, at every moment, a detail of good taste. This is how you can make a big theater with two square meters of stage and a hero called insignificant.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Best show at the Theater Fair in the South 1999
Best Direction at the Theater Fair in the South 1999
Best Original Music at the Theater Fair in the South 1999
Best Production at the Theater Fair in the South 1999
Mention for the combination of different artistic languages: 16 Mostra de Titelles al Vall d´Albaida 2,000
Best plastic proposal at the Fira de Titelles de Lleida 2001.
ARTISTIC SHEET
Authorship: Maruja Gutiérrez and Pedro A. López
Direction: Luis Zornoza
Puppet manipulation: Maruja Gutierrez and Pedro A. Lopez
Stage and puppet design: Maruja Gutiérrez and Pedro A. López
Making puppets and objects: Maruja Gutierrez
Set design: Pedro A. López
Lighting design: Antonio Regalado
Music: Fernando Palacios, performed by Camerata del Agua
Photographs: Imagine
Graphic Design: Jacinto Gutierrez