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Synopsis

Bo Familia is a traveling mask comedy in which Mr. Bo—a man who has never heard the word “no” in his life—visits towns and cities as a tourist, accompanied by his two elderly servants, whom he treats despotically and who, in the end, turn out to be his parents.

Actors: Maite Guevara, Leire Ormazabal, Aitzol Iraola

Technical – stage management: Anje Oregi

Writing and directing: Jokin Oregi

Director’s assistant: Ana Meabe

Artistic support: Doriane Moretus, Patrick Dordoigne (ADHOK)

Music: Adrián García de los Ojos

Stage design: Oscar de Paz

Masks and props: Javi Tirado

Wardrobe: Ikerne Giménez

Dressmaking: Inma Gómez (Kkum atelier)

Executive production: Pío Ortiz de Pinedo

Production: Marie de Jongh

Communication: Erpinak Kultur Lab 

National distribution: María Mariño (Kandengue Arts) distribucion@kandenguearts.com (+34) 698147660

International distribution: Violaine Bailleul (Ínsula Cultural) violaine@insulacultural.com (+34) 623177236

Sinopsys

“Mr. Bo” is Marie de Jongh’s new theater play, in which we combine masks and clown style. This play is aimed at the whole family, it is narrated without words along the same lines as our previous shows, Amour or Izar, but with a difference: Mr. Bo is aimed at children aged 4 onwards. Mr. Bo and his three servants let the miseries of despotic power come to the surface. Always with humor. Because this is the key and the challenge of this project, its comedy will be the root, trunk, branch and flowerof the show to then bear a fruit we can all enjoy.

We approach the depth of the subject from the most clownish simplicity. The word Naif, in its original meaning, seems to us very pertinent to describe the project we present: an artistic work that is characterized by reflecting reality with deliberate ingenuity, apparently childish, and with poetry and simplicity.

The three servants are used to complying with everything Mr. Bo says. They have been under him since he was a child. Sometimes they imagine what the world would be like if they were Mr. Bo, what it would be like to have power and not to depend on anyone else. They take it in turns to pretend to be the boss and his servants. When Mr. Bo was a child, the servants had the opportunity to say “No!” But they didn’t, so Bo has been ruling the roost for years. Their relationship is very subservient, very dependent, but suddenly, a new opportunity arises to say “No!”.

Synopsis

Some children are playing in the country where everything starts. They are discovering the world while they transform their universe. They imitate their elders, bravely and audaciously. They feel able to love despite not knowing the real meaning. They fall out with each other even if they have not found yet the word “hate” in their pockets. They are already familiar with the meaning of the skin, smell, caress, neglect, refuge, and desire. However, they know nothing about what time is.

Suddenly, over sixty years have gone.

Now, aged, they take hundred of words out from their pockets which are dropped as if they were withered leaves. They know about skin, smell, caress, neglect, refuge, desire. And, paradoxically, they have no doubt about falling out with each other even though they already know the real meaning of love. They are familiar with what time is. What they do not know is that love can always give us an opportunity.