At every step
With At Every Step is a poetic and absurdist journey through the rediscovery of the world. What would have happened if Winnie -the unforgettable protagonist of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days, had been able to fly away and escape from her mound of sand? In this textless show, the clown embodies a free Winnie, although clinging to her quirks and her relentless optimism.
Step by step, Winnie faces the vertigo of the unknown: what lies beyond confinement? What remains of life when it is no longer limited by the sand that once engulfed her? With humour, tenderness, and the naïve gaze of a clown, the play transforms existential absurdity into a explorative journey of rediscovery, where each finding is a small miracle, and each fall, a new chance to take flight.
With At Every Step plays with fragility and resilience, with solitude and the beauty of the journey, taking the audience on a ride that is as comical as it is moving.
Artistic Profile
Clown — Pepa Plana
Director — Roger Julià
Stage Design — Xavier Erra
Lighting — Yuri Plana
Original Music — Lluís Cartes
Voice-over — Txe Arana i Roger Julià
Costumes — Rosa Solé i Imma Ebjol
Photography — David Ruano
Production — Cia Pepa Plana
Authors — Pepa Plana i Roger Julià
Collaborations — Teatre de l'Aurora
Acknowledgments — La Central del Circ, Mariaelena Roqué
What does the press think
Wisdom of a Clown Pepa Plana moves through this new poetic landscape with the wisdom of someone who masterfully controls the rhythm required by each dramatic arc she traverses, thanks to an unwavering optimism that allows her to play with props and drive actions from gesture to grimace, from random movement to choreography, while the audience feels part of an adventure that shakes them between bursts of laughter and the pulse of emotion. Javier López Clemente, Heraldo de Aragón, 3 mayo 2025.
Interstellar Pepa Plana Pepa Plana has leapt into Beckett’s despairing theatre of the absurd, playing Winnie. She is not in the middle of a desert, nor beneath the ruins of a city, but in a kind of non-space. . Winnie has prepared herself for far too long not to be able to throw an all-out celebration. The clown’s stage presence, with 30 years of experience behind her, is solid enough to tighten the reins and set the tone of the production exactly where she wanted it. The audience at the Fortuny theatre filled the amphitheater and celebrated the character’s outbursts. Jordi Bordes, Recomana, 19 maig 2025
Trapezi: All You need is… circus! What would happen if Winnie, the protagonist of Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, managed to fly away and escape her little mound? No one better to answer that question through the language of clowning than Pepa Plana. A cada pas is—pardon the redundancy—an important step in the career of the most renowned Catalan clown, and the best calling card to ensure her performance calendar fills up just as the Fortuny Theatre did to see her. Ramon Bech, Zirkòlika, 19 maig 2025
Dear Pepa Plana I’m writing you a letter. I want to always stay with you, with your universe, and your imagination. So often tender, so often demanding and piercing. Always with you, “A cada pas” (At every step). And please, may no hurricane ever sweep you away. How hard it is, what you do—creating a show with just yourself. With you and your incredible costumes, with you and that squawking laugh that makes us laugh so much, with you and your hopes and dreams. With you and the audience. Carme Canet, Recomana, 29 maig 2025
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