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| In
2000 a group of performers and technicians, in colaboration with 'Clowns
without Frontiers' and under the original name of Nets i Polits, joined
together to create the show NO
ES POT PASSAR (You Cannot Pass). This was a clown show
for children that told the story of three refugees looking for a home,
and explored some of the absurdities relating to frontiers and burocracy.
This show was presented in festivals, theatres and the open-air in
Catalunya, the Basque Country, Andorra and Madrid. In 2001 this group
also performed in South America in streets, schools and refugee camps
of Guatemala in a project called ‘Children of the Street’. On the 1st January 2002 the company was officially registered in Barcelona under the new name of ClownFish. |
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The second show, A MI QUE! (So What!), created for the charity S.O.S. Racism, was a comic look at different types of racism in the context of a parody of a TV gameshow. It premiered in the Festival of Diversity in Barcelona in 2002. At the same time the group started performing JOC & ROLL, a more loosely structured entertainment for children featuring music, stories, circus numbers and lots of participation, with a flexible team of between 2 to 5 performers. |
| The following year the company moved into a shop in the Sants area of Barcelona with space for an office, rehearsal room, scenery building area and storage of scenery, costumes and technical equipment. Also the structure of the company changed to the smaller, administrative group of Betu, Chris and Tony with a large group of associated artists and technicians who could be called upon for the various projects and shows. CLOWNFISHTEC was created as a sub-division providing technical expertise and equipment to other theatre companies. |
| TIRA TIRA, the Band Factory, premiered in April 2003. A childrens show denouncing child exploitation with puppets and an actor; a co-production with the company ‘Tr3s i pro1’ which provided the direction and prize winning script. This was followed by the adult cabaret TROSSOS (Pieces) in which the ficticious comic sketches were all loosely based on real stories of discrimination. |
| At the same time Betu was developing two solo presentations; the street show THE HUMAN CANNONBALL which premiered in the Festival of Tarraga and THE COLOURS OF EUROPE, a clown lecture created for the Office of the European Parliament in Barcelona. |
| ClownFishTec has provided technicians, scenery and tecnical designs for various companies including; Opera Mobile (opera), The Chanclettes (cabaret), Lisboa Zentral Café (portable open-air‘gazebo’ with music), Res de Res en Blanc (circus theatre), Lluís Llach (music), Opera in the University (for the Conservatory of the Liceu), Cia. Roberto G. Alonso (modern dance) and Acte 4 (amateur theatre). |
| During the summer of 2004, ClownFish produced Montando Pollos (Fucking Chickens) with JANGO EDWARDS as director. Through castings, workshops and rehearsals, five different open air animations were developed for a group of 20 actors, that were presented daily during one month at the Barcelona Forum 2004. From this begining was born THE FOOLS MILITIA, large scale street and theatre events with a team of between 10 to 30 actors, often from all over Europe. THE AIR ORCHESTRA, one of the original presentations, developed into a cabaret theatre spectacular and also spawned new companies in similar clown, comedy sketch style such as LAS PESTAÑAS and LAS GALLEGAS. |
| Alongside large scale productions of the Fools Militia, 2005 and 2006 also saw the creation of AUCA, a solo show in Catalan with Lola López presenting traditional stories for children, TO THE CIRCUS performed by Betu and Jordi Gómez and SITICLAUN, Betu´s solo show for adults about a tramp clown living on the streets of the metropolis. |
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FESTIVALS |
SHOWS
/ CO-PRODUCTIONS |
| 2000 |
NO ES POT PASSAR | |
| 2001 |
1er FESTIVAL
DE PALLASSES D’ANDORRA MOSTRA DE XARXA D’IGUALADA FESTIVAL DE TEATRO DE HUMOR ARRIGORRIAGA |
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| 2002 |
FESTIVAL DE TARDOR
DE POBLENOU FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE PALLASSOS CORNELLÀ |
A
MI QUE JOC & ROLL |
| 2003 |
FIRA DE TEATRE
DE CARRER DE TARREGA MOSTRA DE PALLASSOS DE XIRIVELLA |
TIRA
TIRA or The Band Factory TROSSOS THE COLOURS OF EUROPE |
| 2004 |
MOSTRA DE XARXA
D’IGUALADA FORUM INTERNACIONAL DE LES CULTURES BARCELONA 2004 FIRA DE TEATRE DE CARRER DE TARREGA FESTIVAL DE TITELLES DE ANDORRA FESTIVAL INT. DE TITELLES AL CARRER DE CASTELLÒ MOSTRA DE RIALLES CERDANYOLA FESTIVAL DE TITELLES FIROBI VILASSAR DE MAR |
THE
HUMAN CANNONBALL MONTANDO POLLOS / FOOLS MILITIA PEDESTRIAN POLICE DIZZYLAND INVISIBLE THEATRE AIR ORCHESTRA THE HISTORY OF WAR |
| 2005 |
PLENILUNI DE
TORREDEMBARRA MAGIC FESTIVAL FESTIVAL DE TEATRE DE CAMPRODON FIRA DE TEATRE DE CARRER DE TARREGA FESTIVAL DE PANTOMIMA RODARA (MEXICO) |
AUCA TO THE CIRCUS |
| 2006 |
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL
CLOWNBARET (TENERIFE) PLENILUNI DE TORREDEMBARRA 12ª TROBADA DE CLOWNS A EL BRULL PLAÇA FRIKI (FESTES DE STA TECLA A TARRAGONA) FESTIVAL DE TARDOR DEL POBLENOU FESTIVAL DE PANTOMIMA RODARA (MEXICO) |
SITICLAUN |
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2007 |