Through circus balance, trust, and humor, the artists invites the audience to be part of the performance. If we all share the weight, can even stones become light?
In La Piedra de Madera (the wooden stone in Spanish) stones are carried and balanced in a shared circus-experience, where children, youth, adults, and the elderly meet and collaborate. Through play, humor, and balance, the audience is brought together and creates the performance together with the artists. Maybe we can make stones dance? And if everyone joins in, perhaps even stones can become easy to carry.
Information
Date and time: Saturday February 8 at 13:00 and at 17:00.
Venue: Loftet in Subtopia, Rotemannavägen 26, Alby, Botkyrka
Ticket price: regular price SEK 170 and discounted price SEK 120 (up to 18 years and retiree)
Performance length: 60 minutes
Recommended age: all ages from 7 years.
About the company Compañia de Circo “eia”
Compañia de Circo “eia” aims to create meeting spaces across generations, cultures, and genders using circus as a medium. Francesca Lissia and Celso Pereira graduated from Stockholm University of the Arts’ circus program in 2008, specializing in partner acrobatics, and a few years later founded the company together with acrobats Armando Rabanera and Fabrizio Giannini. Now based in Catalonia, they have been touring internationally for 14 years, receiving numerous awards for their “circo humano,” where they focus the spotlight on human relationships. Read more about Compañia de Circo “eia”.
La Piedra de Madera is part of CirkusMania, the festival for contemporary circus as performing arts that runs from February 7-16. Subtopia presents six performances during the 2025 festival. You can find them all in our calendar. Here you can read about the festival.
Credits La Piedra de Madera
By and with: Francesca Lissia, Celso Pereira, Jose Luis Redondo
Sound: Fratziscu Medda “Arrogalla”
Costym: Olga Arizaga and the company
Scenography, construction and painting: Joan Soler, Federico Carta “Crisa” and the company
Coproductions and residencies: Fira Tàrrega – Creative territory (SPA), Street Circus Festival in La Bisbal (SPA), Marballu’s Festival – Botti du Scoggiu (ITA), Cronopis – Circus Space (SPA), Theater Auditorium of Llinars del Vallès (SPA), Space Tersicorea Dança TOFF (ITA), Mataró City Council (SPA) – Culture Mataró (SPA), Can Gabarra (SPA), Can Gassol – Performing Arts Creation Cener (SPA), Casa de Colònies Mogent (SPA), Circ Cric (SPA), Les Escoles Velles (SPA), Brocante Festival (ITA), Cardedeu_INSPIRANTCULTURA (Cardedeu City Council) (SPA), Aula de Teatre de Mataró, Argentona City Council (SPA)
Institutional partners: INAEM – Ministry of Culture, Education and Sport of Spanish Government, ICEC – Catalan Institute for Cultural Industries, Ramon Llull Institute – Catalan Language and Culture, Barcelona City Council
