Bari and Foggia theater season 2023/24. From 5 to 6 March at the Giordano Theater and from 7 to 10 March at the Piccinni Theater “Hokuspokus” by Familie Flöz.

As part of the 2023/24 “Altri Mondi” theater season of the Municipality of Bari, organized in collaboration with the Teatro Pubblico Pugliese, Familie Flöz, a German company emblematic of contemporary puppet theatre, returns to the stage of the Piccinni municipal theater from Thursday 7th to Sunday 10 March (7 March at 19.30 pm; 8 and 9 March at 21.00 pm; 10 March at 18.00 pm) with his latest production entitled Hokuspokus.

In conjunction with Hokuspokus, some were also organized meetings: in particular, a meeting is scheduled for Friday 8 March (10.00 am). online appointment with the set designer Felix Nolze as part of the project “From the stage to the audience. An experience with contemporary prose”. The meeting is reserved for students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Bari.

On the occasion of the repeat performance on Sunday 10 March, the "On the mask" event included in the “Take me with you!” workshop edited by Spine Book Store, with the manipulative participation of Antonia D'Amore. While parents are at the theatre, their children (aged 5 to 10) will be engaged in a workshop in the Massari room: necessary booking in order to activate workshops consisting of a minimum of 10 participants and a maximum of 20. Meeting point for children at 17.30 pm, at the entrance to Palazzo di Città.

Booking here: https://forms.gle/dGLwHUuK3PdtquAZ6

HOKUSPOKUS

A work by Fabian Baumgarten, Anna Kistel, Sarai O'Gara, Benjamin Reber, Hajo Schüler, Mats Süthoff, Michael Vogel with Fabian Baumgarten, Anna Kistel, Sarai O'Gara, Benjamin Reber, Mats Süthoff, Michael Vogel. Beachwear Mascha Schubert. Set design Felix Nolze (rotespferd). Muse Vasko Damjanov, Sarai O'Gara, Benjamin Reber. Illustrations Cosimo Miorelli. Assistant, mask creation She-She Bavoil. Assistant director Katrin Kats. Costume assistant Marion Czyzykowski. Lights, Video Reinhard Hubert. Sound design Vasko Damjanov. Direction, masks HAJO SCHÜLER

 At the beginning of this project there was the concept of "creation" and the many stories "of the beginning of everything" that people have always told each other. Added to this was the simple question: what could a theater evening that begins with the beginning of everything? And above all: how does it end? But let's go back to the beginning. The darkness has become light, the divine breath has been inspired and the first lovers find themselves in the paradise garden. They dare to take their first steps together as a couple, they seek shelter from and gentle cosmetics and, thank God, they find an affordable apartment. Fate soon drags the young couple on roller coaster of life. With each child, centrifugal forces grow and threaten to destroy the family.

Familie Flöz expands its toolbox for this show and, in addition to the well-known masked figures, also shows the actors behind them. By playing music, singing, filming, speaking or making noises, the ensemble creates the world of masks before the eyes of the audience. They take turns lending their bodies to the figures and taking their destiny into their own hands. Creator and creation meet until the story tells itself.

The title Hokuspokus plays with the alleged origin of the word, a popular corruption of the Latin “Hoc est enim corpus meum” – “This is my body”. Or it's just a sleight of hand. Hokuspokus talks to us about the theater as a box of wonders that we visit for celebrate the game of lies and truth.

"In Hokuspokus everything is fake, but nothing is fake. Nothing is more real than these masks. Familie Flöz gives life to a metatheatrical illusion that is poetic and innovative, atavistic and experiential, physical and magical at the same time. A hymn to transformism, a celebration of music, color and customs. A show that deserves a standing ovation from the audience“. (F. Chiaro – Persinsala)