The Fantasist

SINÓPSIS

En la mente de la fantasiosa, las fronteras entre lo real y la imaginación se difuminan peligrosamente.
Mientras Louise intenta conciliar el sueño, sus extravagancias toman forma; los objetos se animan, el tiempo se transforma…y un inquietante seductor aparece, ofrecido a un mundo de magia y la embriaguez.

Combinando brillantemente el arte de los títeres, el teatro físico y una composición musical original, la obra explora los enigmas de las caídas oscuras y de los ascensos extravagantes de un espíritu excéntrico atormentado por el trastorno bipolar.

The Fantasist ha visitado Irlanda y Gran Bretaña después de su estreno en el Blue Elephant Theatre (Londres) y después de su éxito a ventanilla cerrada en el Festival Fringe de Edimburgo en 2012 y 2013.

Presentado en colaboración por la Compagnie Traversière y Theatre Témoin (UK), con el apoyo de Arts Council England.

Distribución:

Interpretación: Julia Yevnine, Catherine Gerrard, Julia Corrêa
Dirección actoral: Ailin Conant
Puesta en escena: Julia Yevnine
Composición musical: Milkymee
Dirección de movimiento: Robin Guiver
Diseño vestuario: Kirsten Fletcher, Lydia Crimp
Diseño de luz: Allan Ramsay
Diseño de escenografía: Daniel Moss, Giorgio Ritucci
Diseño de títeres: Julia Yevnine, Katerina Damvoglou
Previos interpretes: Jennifer Pearcy-Edwards, Audrey Albert
Producción: Patrick Collier

Prensa:

SUNDAY TIMES: Top Five of the Fringe

SPOONFED: Top Ten Theatre Shows to See at Edinburgh

OFF WEST END THEATRE AWARDS: Nominated – Best Sound Designer

WHATSONSTAGE: Pick of the Fringe and EIF – Top Three Physical Theatre & Dance

“Incredible stagework that will blow you away with its extraordinary use of mime, original music and puppetry. A gripping, imaginative, dark tale…you cannot afford to miss.”
~ Alison Thomson, The Sunday Times

“What the show does so well via the puppetry is to get you right inside Louise’s mind and make you understand both the confusion and yet also the terrible glittering lure of a world of bright lights and butterflies.”
~ Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

“Edinburgh highlight…An encouraging sign [for UK puppetry].”
~ Peter Glanville, The Guardian

“Theatre Témoin sensitively and inventively explores the thorny issue of bipolar disorder…Ingenious stagecraft.”
~ Metro ★★★★

“The Fantasist grips the audience from the off in a way rarely seen and this hold is only tightened over the hour.”
~ Rebecca Paul, The Skinny ★★★★★

“Enchanting, endearing and wholly entertaining, this clever show is a must-see for your diaries at this year’s fringe.”
~ Adele Monk, ScotsGay ★★★★★

“The Fantasist is a hilarious, beautiful and utterly astonishing exploration of bipolar disorder.”
~ Alex Eades, Edinburgh Guide ★★★★★

“Astonishingly powerful…If you ever needed proof that puppet shows are a genre that deserve to be taken seriously by adult audiences, then come and view this production.”
~ Josey De Rossi, Fringe Review ★★★★★

“An example of what astonishing things can actually fit into such tight theatrical spaces…raw genius.”
~ Kelly Crocker, The Public Reviews ★★★★★

“Rarely have I seen a play that so deftly switched between beauty, joy, terror and despair.”
~ Simon Plotkin, The Latest ★★★★★

“The Fantasist is the theatrical equivalent to a full blown vision.”
~ Melissa Rynn, Stage Won ★★★★★