PROYECTO 34ºS

Theatre: Multimedia production
Participants from: South Africa & Argentina. Music from Guatamala & Peru.
2-5 July 2009
National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa

Under an African baobab in the Argentine pampas, the Tokoloshe, drunk on ayahuasca, dances sakkie-sakkie with El Curupi and they start to tell their stories of myths and miracles ….

From this starting point, four theatre-makers collaborated to create a new production, inspired by traditional and contemporary myths and legends from both sides of the Atlantic, an experiment in cross-cultural creation. Workshopped in Buenos Aires and with the versatile performances of Cristian Palacios and Juan Manuel Caputo, KÜIMIN tells a story of conquistadors and Calibans, vengeful witches and traveling magicians...

Photos - courtesy of Cuepix / National Arts Festival / Katherine Alexandra Bonheim cuepix.ru.ac.za/main.php?g2_itemId=38677 »

PRESS

National Arts Festival Online Programme (English) m.nationalartsfestival.co.za/events/event/657 »
Cue Online (English) cue.ru.ac.za/fest/2009/life-skills-arts.html »
La Nacion (Spanish)
George Herald (English)

CREDITS

A collaboration between:
Compañía Nacional de Fósforos (Argentina) & Rubyfunk Productions (South Africa)

Director: Paula Brusca
Performers: Juan Manuel Caputo & Cristian Palacios
Dramaturgy: Cristian Palacios
Projections & Graphic Design: Cristian Palacios
Set design: Nikki Froneman
Executive Producer: Nikki Froneman

WITH THE SUPPORT OF:

Ecunhi
NAF
Argentine Embassy in SA

Thanks to:
John and Zelda Linder, Lindi Froneman, Clinton Osborne, Raffaela Delledonne, Ismail Mahomed, Carlos Sersale.