ON THE ROOF

Show for children (age 6+) and parents
Author project of Jorge Correa Bethencourt

Premiered at the Croatian House of Culture in Sušak, address Strossmayerova 1, in Rijeka 21 November 2013 at 06.00pm.
Concept, direction and dramaturgy: Jorge Correa Bethencourt
Performers/co-authors and dramatization: Jorge Correa Bethencourt, Lorena Žuvić, Mateo Brajek
Music: Mihaela Sirotnjak Železnik, Luka Balvan, Joe Leach, Claude Debussy
Costumes: Tajči Čekada, Dimnjačari Rijeka d.o.o.
Scenography: Tanja Prodan, Lorena Žuvić
Puppets: Luči Vidanović
Props: Lorena Žuvić and Jorge Correa Bethencourt
Light and sound technicians: Danijel Grdić and Neven Martinčić
Producer: Ivana Peranić
Production Creative Laboratory of the Contemporary Theatre KRILA
Artistic collaboration Oz Theatre
Programme is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia.
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Acknowledgements: Dimnjačari Rijeka d.o.o., Luka Balvan (musician), Zoran Dumičić (musician), Andrea Kustić (poster), Matej Zec (camera), Anton Železnik (assistant, coordinator, musician).
The project came to be as a result of research of the principles of physicality in drama on stage, under the working title Dramaticon Phenomenon. The material gathered during the year resulted with the production On the Roof – show for children and parents.
What is happiness and what is misery? It is believed that the four leaf clover brings luck, knocking on the wood or sneezing before breakfast… And bad luck – black cat, getting up on the left foot, broken mirror…Are we born lucky, is it inherited or do we deserve it?

In the puppet-acting show On the Roof, you get these answers from three chimney sweepers. Spending their usual and unpredictable work day, under the clouds among the birds, looking upon the world from a high roof. Each of them is different in character, but they are linked with the same life goal – find happiness.

The show includes author music, singing, puppets, mime, clowns and dancing. Plenty facts about life are explained to the children in a fun and funny way and the text is written to both educate and entertain at the same time. It is in Croatian language, but there are also short playful parts in Italian and English, which are used in a way to be suitable, fun and creative for the children.

Jorge Correa Bethencourt
Born in Spain in 1973. Since 2011 lives and works in Rijeka. Theatre and mime artist, performer, author, stage movement art graduate and pedagogue. Graduated Dramatic Corporeal Mime, and Directing and Pedagogy at the International School of Corporeal Mime in London, where he worked as an assistant and art associate with topmost theatre masters Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. As a performer and co-author, he performed at various festivals in Ireland, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, Brazil, Poland, India, South Korea and Croatia. He graduated MA Movement Studies at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. In Croatia, he collaborates with theatre and performance artists and associations, such as Oz Theatre, Studio Lila, Rubikon Theatre, Pomodori Rijeka, Drugo more, Domino and others.