PEP BOU stepped
on a stage as a professional in the second half of the 1970s as part of movement
of mimes and actors that characterised this period. His knowledge as an architect
and his passion for fine and visual arts, bring together a strong sensitivity
for fleeting spaces and ductile forms.
Pep Bou was member and founder of several companies as ‘Pa de Ral’
or ‘La Viu Viu Teatre’, but in 1982 he decides to go a step further
and starts to work with soap bubbles.
BUFAPLANETES (1982)
Based on the elaboration of soap bubbles, where the unforeseeable behaviour
of materials makes each performance different and multiplies its expressive
options, BUFAPLANETES has been performed in
theatres and festivals around the world and has obtained the following awards:
First Prize in the International Festival of Vienna
(France) 1985
Aplaudiment from the FAD Sebastià Gasch Prize
(Spain) (1985)
Special Award from the jury of the International Cannes
Theatre Festival (France) (1986)
Artistic Prize “Knuhrrhahn” from the city
of Wilhemshaven (Germany) (1993)
SABÓ, SABÓ (1990)
Based on flat films of tensoactive materials, this performance develops a
new narrative for visual and poetic theatre, which is in constant evolution.
More than 500 national and international stages have welcomed this piece of
work which also obtained the Sebastià Gasch
Award in 1990.
AMBROSSIA (1997)
Joan Brossa’s poetry joins Pep
Bou’s fleeting world in a new work based on soap bubbles and
steam.
Presented at: LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL
(January 1999), CHILDREN ARTS CARNIVAL HONG KONG
(July 1999), TAMPEREEN TEATTERIKESÄ, Finland
(August 1999), FESTIVAL DE TEATRE de TARREGA
(September 1999); NEW ZELAND FESTIVAL, New Zeland
(march 2000); BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, Norway
(may 2001); FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL CERVANTINO,
México (october 2001); 6th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL,
Iceland (may 2002); FESTIVAL MIMOS, Perigueux
(France, october 2002); and MUMMENSCHANZ THEATER
in Expo 02’s celebration acts, Biel, Switzerland;
INTERNATIONALTHEATERFESTIVAL HAMBACH, Germany
(September 2003); FESTIVAL DE THÉÂTRE
DE BAYONNE, France (October 2003), FESTIVAL
FETEN DE GIJÓN (Spain), February 2004; FESTIVAL
PLE DE RIURE (Spain) July 2004, LISTASTEVNA
FOROYA KUNST FESTIVAL (Faroe Islands) August 2004, FESTIVAL
DELLA SCIENZA DI GENOVA (Itàlia) Octobre 2004, FESTIVAL
INTERNACIONAL VISUAL I DE TITELLES (Barcelona, Spain) November 2004.
BOMBOLLES AMB ORQUESTRA
(2002)
Show borned after the meeting of Gintaras Rinkevicius,
director of Lituanian Simphonic Orchestra, and
Pep Bou’s visual theatre with live music.
DIÀFAN (2003)
Diàfan is a transparent art, not only of bubbles but also of the characters
that make and brake the bubbles; habitants of imaginary worlds that show the
essence of the human reality.
In 2003 Pep Bou’s Company recieved the Premi
Arc as a recoginition for his profesional career.
Pep Bou complements his theatrical activity with the stage direction of MARTA
CARRASCO’s dance-theatre shows: Aiguardent
(1996),Blanc d’Ombra (Après Camille Claudel)
(1998) and Mira’m (Se dicen tantas cosas)
(2000). As well as the production of the television series SOAP(1996).
Shows that are running at the moment:
BUFAPLANETES, AMBROSSIA
and DIÀFAN
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