De Pe a Pa
The rebel, Albert Camus tells us, is a man who says ‘No’. The clown, on the other hand, is a bewildered man who spends his time disturbing the established order by firing impertinent questions at the world – impertinent, of course, and yet insidiously pertinent at the same time.
In this show, Pepa Plana is a rhapsodic, perplexed, coquettish and rather low-down clown offering to take us on a trip through the realms of universal poetry, helping to heighten the atmospheric turbulence with a handful of questions: What’s the sex life of Chinese people like? Is his lordship the poet a criminal holding no liability for the tribulations of those he begets? I like poetry a lot, says Pepa just before she dives into the first poem armed to the teeth with questions.Poet, watch out! Watch out!!!
Mercedes Abad
Artistic Profile
Clown — Pepa Plana
Lighting — Jordi Llongueras
Sound — Xavier Forner
Councilor— Oriol Blanchar
Dressing — Lola Coll
Fabrics — Enriqueta Freixenet
Attrezzo — Toni Desquens i Roser Carix
Photography — Joan Sánchez
Graphic Design — Àlvar Ardévol
Choreography— Adolfo Colmenares
Production — La Vaca Flaca
Text and dramaturgy— Pepa Plana i Joan Busquets
Direction— Joan Busquets
What does the press think
Pepa Plana Surely Joan Maragall never imagined that one of his best-known poems, La Vaca cega, would one day provoke a collective banquet of laughter. Belen Ginart El País, June 14, 1998.
Essentially a clown Pepa Plana builds a character based on his personal character, without any pretense, who captures the viewer from the first moments and imprisons them with no escape possible as the action progresses. And he does so essentially as a clown. Jordi Jané. AVUI, 3 Juliol 1998.
Una pallassa It is a show full of humor and irony, completely successful in many moments. The gestures and looks are parapeted by the red nose that she always wears; and the audience laughs openly. In addition to the gag, the clown transmits a lot of humanity. Gonzalo Pérez de Olaguer. El Periódico, 22 Desembre 1998.
Animation clowns Supreme actress, versatile and capable of rousing a crowd of dirty and sincere laughter. Caracajadas when recognizing the absurdity that portrays and parodies. Javier García Sanchez. El Mundo, 7 Desembre 1998.
Pepa Plana displays her great gifts as a clown Between one guffaw and the next, she strikes home. She recites poetry her way, and explains her experiences to an attentive, amused audience that doesn’t know what to expect next from a clown such as Pepa Plana, who displayed her great talent yesterday.
Josep María Marsal. Diari de Tarragona, 12 November 1999.
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