Joan Català

 

STREET THEATRE | OUTDOOR

Joan Català
Idiofóna

Wed 10 July & Thurs 11 July | 7pm

Event Details

Times & Dates:
Wed 10 July & Thurs 11 July | 7pm

Event Categories:
Street Theatre, Outdoor

Admission:
€16

Age Suitability:
14+

Venue:
Hazelwood House, Hazelwood Demesne, Co. Sligo, F91 Y820

Idiofòna is an attempt to make light of toughness, to find harmony amidst noise and to build a common vibration. It is an ode to shared pleasure.

An original, joyous and inventive new work of street theatre by award winning Catalan street theatre creator, Joan Català.

Idiofòna centres on the use of 30 iron tubes. Joán Catala works with these tubes to engage the audience in a series of playful exercises which eventually leads to the audience running together ‘into the future’. Here the audience jointly create a giant visual sound installation, setting the scene for a conversation between man and matter.

This is a perambulatory piece of street theatre which engages audiences in a very playful way; Idiofòna breaks down barriers and offers an opportunity to co-create a highly memorable, entertaining experience and be a part of something which is thoughtful, intelligent and fun.

Cairde is delighted to work with Hazelwood House this year, providing the perfect setting for this unique and utterly engaging work. Audiences are in for a real treat.

 

 

Joán Català
Joán Català is a multi-award winning creator and performer of street art from Barcelona. Joan has trained extensively in acrobatics, physical theatre, contemporary dance and clown and has been touring with his original worldwide since 2005. He has received ‘best street performer’ and ‘audience choice’ awards at numerous festivals of street theatre including Zirkolika in Spain and Miro Miro in Belgium.

He is fascinated with social and collective use of materials, our connection with landscape and environment and bringing together people of all ages for unique participatory experiences in outdoor environments.