Sub Aqua, Sub Aqua 6+
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Sub Aqua, Sub Aqua is a puppet show for families that combines puppet animation and clow performance and is not afraid to experiment. The action takes place in and around a submarine. The audience enters the submarine, and then, under the command of the ‘captain’, watches the puppet show through the window, in the depths of the sea. A coral reef, colourful schools of fish, jellyfish,
a giant octopus and mysterious underwater creatures come to life with the help of handmade puppets made from recycled materials. Despite the seriousness of the topics of climate change and ocean pollution, the play seeks humour in human clumsiness and foolishness when dealing with them.
Justification of the selector of 13TH BIENNIAL OF PUPPETRY ARTISTS OF SLOVENIA
The performance, designed as a theatre within a theatre, sorry, as a submarine within a theatre, establishes two equally interesting "periscopic" views: it takes young viewers into the depths of the sea with a submarine, created from recycled plastic (which, unfortunately, is increasingly flooding the underwater world), and on the surface, it offers viewers waiting for the dive an exclusive insight into the backstage and the process of creating a
theatrical illusion. The perfect experience lies in the combination of underwater magic and its "unveiling" on dry land. For a true dive into the seabed, the show only lacks a more solid and clearly formed
narrative framework inside the submarine.
Schedule
Crew and cast
Directors Marlies Franz, Christian Moser
Dramaturge Tea Kovše
Visual, set and costume designer Katarina Zalar
Puppet makers Marlies Franz, Tea Kovše, Katarina Zalar
Puppet animators Tea Kovše, Jurij Torkar
Reconstructing the caravan and assistance with the set design Kamran Gharabaghi
Author of the video Urša Lorber
Performers Yves Brägger, Tea Kovše, Jurij Torkar