TOTI TORONELL
Performances on stage:
Cuckoo! Who am I? I could have been born blond, but I was born dark-haired. I could have been born a girl, but I was born a boy. I could have been born before, but I was born after. I could have been born white, but like everyone else, I was born in full color. And that’s where it all begins: learning to live in full color. Discovering shades of life and searching for the colors hidden inside transparent things.
I was born in 1975 A.D. I can’t say much about those early years — it’s already hard enough remembering what I had for lunch yesterday!
But I do remember that in 1992 I took a circus course with Pep Mora, and that was the spark that set everything in motion. I trained myself, though I cheated a little — picking up bits and pieces from here and there: with Avner (The Eccentric), Jango Edwards, Leo Bassi, Les Bubb, Comediants, Toni Albà, Dimitri Bogatirev (Aga-Boom)… among others.
I also direct other companies, draw, sculpt, write, design a little, build stage sets, play some accordion and ukulele, teach, invent, imagine — and when I least expect it, I make mistakes… and get to start all over again.
Macaroni! Yesterday I had macaroni!
ERRANT FAITH
Errant Faith (in homage to poet Joan Brossa) is the mistake upon the mistake —the clown’s game, the persistent error, and the obsession with making better mistakes.
Errant Faith (to bear witness to the paths we’ve taken to reach somewhere) is also the footprint left by the routes traced throughout a lifetime. In this show, Toti returns to the stage, where he rediscovers himself, showing — through his most Naïf clown — some of his other sides: painting and drawing, music, ceramics, magic, object theatre, carpentry…
All with that surreal sense of humour and the poetic spirit that Brossa found in the circus. Toti seeks and sketches each poem in every gesture, every breath, every glance — like a mirror of the soul that bounces back to the audience. And that moves you… and moves you… and moves you.
Details of production
Multidisciplinary show
Duration: 60 minuts
ages 8 and over
Scenic space: Ask for the technical sheet
Artistic profile
Idea: Toti Toronell
Direction: Toti Toronell
Asistant director: Cesc Graset
Clown: Toti Toronell
Music: Cinta Pellicer and Albert Dondarza
Technical and lighting design: Nino Costa
Choreography: Paula Toronell
Voice: Cinta Pellicer i Nuna Toronell
Set design: Toti Toronell
Costume: Carlota Rodríguez
Production: Anna Roca
Production asistant: Rita Roura
Encouragement: Manolo Alcantara and Marga Socies
DO NOT THROW DUCKS INTO THE RIVER
Toti takes to the streets with his most “naïve” clown, from the purest essence.
Always searching for new forms of inspiration, he maps the public space to create small works of art: little pieces made with humor and love, unique and unrepeatable acts. A journey through some of the artistic disciplines he has explored over the years (clowning, circus, ceramics, music, painting, dance, printmaking, sculpture, drawing, theatre, performance…).
Small actions that, using everyday elements from the surroundings, transform the audience’s gaze toward a new way of seeing: more tender, more kind, and more conscious.
Toti masterfully intertwines improvisation with prepared acts, creating a sense of confusion where you never quite know whether the mishaps are part of the script or actually happening.
Along his path, he leaves behind a trail of visual artwork displayed like a small portable open-air museum, where the audience, after the performance, can discover hidden details within the poetry of small things.
Details of production
Multidisciplinary show
Suitable for all ages
A route of approximately 100–150 meters without level changes, with 3 stops where the audience can stand in a semicircle to watch the actions.
Examples: a street, a park, a square, places with urban furniture, shops, storefronts, signs, sculptures, balconies…
The stop areas can be intersections, squares, corners off the main path… Final space where the audience can stand in a semicircle; the optimal performance area is 8 x 6 m.
Ficha artística
DIRECTION: Toti Toronell
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Cesc Graset
CLOWN: Toti Toronell
MUSIC: Cinta Pellicer
COSTUME: Carlota Rodríguez
VOICES: Paula Toronell, Nunna Toronell, Marta Guitart, Cesc Graset
SET DESIGN: Toti Toronell
PRODUCTION: Anna Roca
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Rita Roura
MICROSHAKESPEARE
MICROSHAKESPEARE nació a partir de un encargo coproducido con el National Theatre of London.
Con más de 500 representaciones, este espectáculo se ha podido ver en 15 países diferentes y ha sido traducido a 10 idiomas (hasta el momento).
Desde hace muchos años, la Cia Toti Toronell centra su investigación en nuevas maneras de relacionarse con el espectador. Con esta misma idea y acompañados por Quim Domene en la parte plástica, se han creado cinco pequeñas obras de arte en forma de teatrillo, donde se representa, en cada uno de ellos, una obra diferente de Shakespeare (Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo y Julieta, La tempestad y Sueño de una noche de verano).
MICROSHAKESPEARE es una pequeña delicatessen de teatro de objetos donde los espectadores escucharán la obra a través de unos auriculares, durante los 8 minutos que dura cada representación, mientras otra persona del público estará haciendo el papel de titiritero siguiendo las instrucciones que se le irán dando.
Funcionamiento del espectáculo
Para vivir la experiencia, el público entrará en grupos de 2 o 3 personas. Una de ellas se colocará detrás del teatrillo para hacer de actor y las otras se sentarán delante como espectadores. El actor deberá interpretar y mover los objetos que hay dentro del teatrillo siguiendo las instrucciones que recibirá a través de unos auriculares. Sin saber exactamente qué está haciendo, pasará un rato divertido jugando a hacer títeres.
Los espectadores que están al otro lado escucharán una pieza de Shakespeare narrada a través de los auriculares y representada mediante los objetos que estará manipulando “el actor”. Shakespeare como nunca lo habías visto… o escuchado; humor, amor, intriga, muerte, venganza y palomitas.
El espectador podrá elegir al entrar el idioma en el que quiere disfrutar del espectáculo, actualmente disponible en:
- Alemán
- Inglés
- Castellano
- Catalán
- Euskera
- Francés
- Holandés
- Portugués
- Chino cantonés
- Chino mandarín
Ficha artística
Idea Original: Toti Toronell / Angus MacKechnie
Dirección: Toti Toronell
Voces: Toti Toronell
Escenografía: Quim Domene – La Fàbrica del Riu
Selección musical: Albert Dondarza
Producción: Laitrum Teatre
Espectáculo coproducido por el Teatro Nacional de Londres
Con la colaboración del festival TEMPORADA ALTA
Con el apoyo del ICEC y el Institut Ramon Llull
LIBEL·LULA
Pili, esto es genial! ¿Has visto como se llena la boca con tantas eLes? Libèlul.la.
En un pequeño teatro de feria, al marido de Pili le toca hacer todos los papeles, y casi sin querer despliega su universo particular y artesanal.
Universo que ha creado con sus propias manos, autómatas, títeres y humor se fusionan para dar sentido a LIBÈLUL.LA
Un homenaje a la figura de Alexander Calder, que sin él saberlo, ha inspirado parte de este espectáculo.
Premio Drac D’or a la mejor escenografía – Fira Titelles Lleida 2016
Finalista a los premios de la crítica 2016
Detalles de producción
Espectáculo multidisciplinar
Apto para todos los públicos
Duración: 60′
Espectáculo con recinto propio
Aforo: 55 pax
Ficha artística
Dirección: Toti Toronell
Actor: Toti Toronell
Payaso: Toti Toronell
Acomodador: Toti Toronell
Yesero: Toti Toronell
Diseño de luces: Toti Toronell
Escenografía: Toti Toronell
Autómatas: Toti Toronell
Tontería: Toti Toronell
Vestuario: No se sabe
Diseño gráfico: Toti Toronell
Coreografía: Paula Toronell
Advertencia: en este espectáculo no sale Pili
