The Barnard Loop

Clown, Magie Nouvelle, physical theater
Tout Public
Black Box (Theaters or chapiteaux)

directed by Alessandra Ventrella
written by Alessandra Ventrella, Rocco Manfredi
with Jacopo Maria Bianchini, Rocco Manfredi

sound design Dario Andreoli
stage design Paolo Romanini, Rocco Manfredi
light design Alessandra Ventrella

logistical support Cie Les Karnavires

a special thanks to Francesco Napoli

thanks to
Émilie Rault, AragoRn Boulanger, Luis Carr, Amandine Buixeda, Julien Lemmonier,
Mathilde Letteron, Giulia Guiducci , Emiliano Curà, Dorothée Henon

photo : Marco Bergonzi (Raw Sight Production)

A moka that flows coffee without ever running out,
The pot of a plant that comes to life and takes our comfort,
a bed in which the most different objects constantly appear,

Through the art of magic, masks and clown, the show tells the story of a sleepess night of a young character: Barnard.
The show is intimate portrait: a tribute to the mysterious, the unpredictable, the surprise, and the surreal.

A wordless performance, as precise as it is burlesque, that takes us straight to the Kafkaesque.
A fairy tale, almost a cartoon, a dream that cannot be told without the language of stage magic.

We cannot be sure it is a dream, any more than we could swear otherwise.

The magic to tell a dream,
puppets to animate our immagination,
Humor to navigate our own inner life.

Production DispensaBarzotti
Coproduction Teatro Necessario Circo – Centro di produzione di circo contemporaneo, Parma
Production support Marseille’s municipality – “action spectacle vivant” program / Theatre Laboratory Sfumato, Sofia / Teatro delle Briciole – Solares Fondazione delle Arti, Parma / Officine CAOS – Torino / Centro di Residenza della Toscana (Armunia Castiglioncello – CapoTrave/Kilowatt Sansepolcro)
Artistic residencies Carrozzerie | n.o.t, Roma / Ville de Billom (63) / FAP – Fondazione Aurelio Petroni San Cipriano Picentino / Théâtre de Cuisine – Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille / Le CIAM – Centre International des Arts en Mouvement, Aix-en-Provence / Ax-Animation, Ax Les Thermes / Pôle Jeune Public, Le Revest Les Eaux / Archaos, Pôle National Cirque, Marseille / Circuito CLAPS, Brescia / Les Karnavires, Mimet

Production Awards
“Odiolestate 2018”, Carrozzerie | n.o.t, Roma
Special mention to “Tendenza Clown Festival 2019”, Milano
Finalist show to In Box Blu Festival 2024
Official selection “L’Italia dei Visionari 2024” – Kilowatt Festival

The show was part of UNTERNEHMEN dans la culture 2021, a support program for young cultural enterprises organized by the French Ministry of Culture, Relais Culture Europe and the Institut français d’Allemagne.

photo : Marco Bergonzi (Raw Sight Production)