Institut Ramon LLull

Ponten Pie present 'Ârtica' at Gravity Fields Festival

Performing.  Grantham, 24/09/2016

An old wooden shed holds a secret waiting to be disclosed... Catalan company Ponten Pie performs 'Ârtica' at Gravity Fields Festival, a show that welcomes the audience into a magic place where the coldest stories evolve into the warmest memories. This extraordinary tale comes to the UK on 24 September.  




'Ârtica' is a non- conventional show, without text, from creative company Ponten Pie. Every member of the audience will be welcomed by curious characters and will wear a warm coat to be protected from the cold (6ºC) to live a unique experience where one should expect the unexpected.

Every day several coats arrive to this unique shed from different parts of the world. They are all old and broken, thrown into the shed as if it was a rubbish container. After checking them thoroughly, the characters find the “soul thread” of every single coat. With the help of a particular device, they can read the last story that the coat experienced before arriving to the shed. Their last breath of life. In a mysterious way, the stories hidden behind the threads become alive in the shed. 

About Gravity Fields:

'Inspired by the genius of Sir Isaac Newton, this five day festival has special significance in 2016; the 350th anniversary of his 'Year of Wonders'  - or 'Annus Mirabilis' - of huge scientific advances with his work  on light, mathematics and gravitational forces.

Gravity's third festival commemorates 1666, the year Newton spent at his Lincolnshire birthplace at Woolsthorpe Manor having fled the plague in Cambridge.

Based in and around Grantham, a packed programme of  science, arts, heritage, music, drama and outdoor events takes the theme of 'Genius' to celebrate Newton's legacy,  ranging from the dazzling LED umbrellas of international creative artists Cirque Bijou to the genius engineers of WW2.'

Text source: Gravity Fields and Ponten Pie

Ticket Price: £12 (£10) £38 family of four
8 years +
Find out more about 'Ârtica' at Gravity Fields
(People with disabilities or unable to walk for five minutes need to specify when booking)

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