Circus Arts | juggling | Street theatre
Hippana.Maleta
DE/ IE
Tunnel
2022 Festival TAC Valladolid (ES) : TUNNEL awarded with the Emilio Zapatero Award as best circus production!
Two jugglers encounter a disenchanted humanity and make the utopian demand for a poetry-filled society. TUNNEL is an invitation to discover the world in a playful way with new eyes. With their juggling show about the genius of the impossible and the belief in fantasy, they transform the stage for half an hour into a fantastic magic theatre full of sorcery and beautiful appearances. Tunnel is a duo performance that interweaves juggling with aspects of dance, theatre as well as classically inspired music.
Alex Allison is an Irish circus artist and director of Cie Maleta. With his passion for objects, juggling and movement, he has developed the concept: "Juggling is a language". Jonas Schiffauer is a Cologne-based circus artist, theatre maker and co-founder of the Hippana Theatre company. In the summer of 2018, the two meet - and the foundation for a joint company Hippana.Maleta is laid: TUNNEL is their first joint production, touring street theatre festivals across Europe since 2019.
authors + performers
Alex Allison
Jonas Schffauer
director
Benjamin Richter
artistic coaching
Eric Longequel
music / sound design
Moíses Mas García
management
Ute Classen
Stage
best: 8 m x 8m (x 6m height)
possible: 6m x 6m (x 5m high)
still possible, but not so nice any more: 5m x 5m (x 4m height)
Floor
hard and levelled. No gradient. No cobblestones, no meadow. Gladly dance floor or wooden floor. Photos welcome!
Sound
PA suitable to stage / space. 35 mini jack
Lights
some easy lights if performed at dark
Preparation time (if stage / sound is set)
30 minutes
Duration of show
ca 35 minutes
2 x per day
Age
all ages
Production
Hippana.Maleta
Premiere
2019
