KAZU

ABOUT THE PLAY

The performance is a window into the puppet workshop of Juan Perez Escala and the world of magical realism and micro fiction, an art movement originating in South America.

The stories Juan tells us are not stories, in fact. They are not poems, jokes or fairy tales either. They are a special form he calls "kazus", inspired by the culture of the South American continent. Juan takes us gently into his own world, where love, life and death intertwine. Everyday life, madness and melancholy. And as the kazus merge into one another, we realize that there is something deeper and more intimate at work as well: The hero Kazu is madly in love with Lou but Lou is gone. Yet the love is still alive and joyful... In this show, puppets, music and live drawings interact to create a touching and philosophical poetry.

In French with Czech commentary and English subtitles.

 Juan Perez Escala

• Length:60 min.
• Age category:6+
• Directed by:Juan Perez Escala
• Dramaturgie:Kristina Dementeva, Ricardo Montserrat
• Music by:Vincent Roudaut
• Designed by:Juan Perez Escala
• Premiere:9. 11. 2018
• Starring:Juan Perez Escala

About the theatre:

Singe Diesel is a puppetry and theatre group founded by Juan Perez Escala based in Guilers, France. Juan is the son of an Argentine comic actor and has been involved with theatre since a young age. However, he focused on the visual arts first, gaining experience in sculpting, drawing and building. In 2011, his desire to write his own stories prompted him to start his own company. His aim is to question the human relationship to reality, blurring the line between reality and imagination. He is inspired by South American magical realism, a style most commonly associated with the writer G.G. Marquez.