"Giraffe" Hop Signor Puppet Theatre /Greece/

Międzynarodowy Festiwal Teatrów Ożywionej Formy MASKARADA 2019. Suma

performance without words

“I can’t remember what I was first, a money box or a giraffe. People keep feeding me coins that I never seem to be able to digest. My nights are full of dreams. Sometimes I become a cuddly toy and someone puts their arms around me. Sometimes I’m in the forest, running in the midst of high treetops.”

A money box in the shape of a giraffe changes hands and becomes alive in the minds of its different owners. Without it, a little boy would lose its only friend and, later on, a lover of the sky would never reach so high. Blending the animate with the inanimate, the story explores the life which exists in every object that carries emotions and sentiments. Through their relationship with the giraffe, our main characters connect with their ability to love, to befriend and dream on…

Script: Evgenia Tsichlia, Thanos Sioris
Direction: Evgenia Tsichlia, Thanos Sioris
Work on manipulation: Michel Villée
Puppet and set construction: Thanos Sioris, Evgenia Tsichlia
Lighting consultants: Christina Thanasoula, Melina Mascha
Music: Agelos Agelidis, Antonis Skamnakis
Puppeteers: Thanos Sioris, Evgenia Tsichlia

TRAILER 

duration: 40 min