Esplanade Presents

Theatre

OVVIO

Kolektiv Lapso Cirk (Spain)

6 Jun 2025, Fri, 8.15pm

7 Jun 2025, Sat, 8.15pm

8 Jun 2025, Sun, 8.15pm

50mins

(Intermission: None)

DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre at Esplanade

Free
Photo credit: Cindy Voitus
Photo credit: Alessandro Villa
Photo credit: Cassetto Fotografia
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Synopsis

Two performers play a game of balance with simple planks of wood, generating improbability and challenging the laws of gravity. Each action corresponds to a reaction: planks, beams, wooden constructions are created and destroyed. With each new contraption, a precarious balance is created and risk is unavoidable.

 

As the performers overcome fear to maintain stability, the audience is treated to a delicious tension, but also a series of arresting scenes and images that arises from sustaining balance.

Advisory:

No tickets will be issued. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Things to Note:
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Artist Information

Kolektiv Lapso Cirk

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David and Tomas are two multidisciplinary circus artists specialising in balance and manipulation of commonly used objects. After graduating at Cirko Vertigo, they founded the Kolektiv Lapso Cirk in 2016, an international contemporary circus collective including Veronica Capozzoli, Léa Legrand and Carla Carnerero.

 

OVVIO is an original idea by David and Tomas, who over time have made new developments thanks to the circuit of international residences that they’ve been awarded. It allowed them the opportunity to be constantly trying out new material, performing it all over Europe, getting valuable feedback wherever they go.

 

David Diez Mendez is a Spanish artist originally from Valladolid. Graduating both from Carampa and Cirko Vertigo, he specialised in juggling and rue cyr. He currently works mainly within the Kolektiv Lapso Cirk, where he is one of its original founders. In OVVIO, he develops his search for balance through the use of raw materials and everyday objects.

 

Tomas Vaclavek is a Slovak artist based in Stockholm, and is currently enrolled at DOCH, where he is studying for the only contemporary circus Master’s Degree course presently in existence. As a circus artist, he is interested in redefining the relationship with objects, mostly seeking the extraordinary in the ordinary.

Date & Time

6 Jun 2025, Fri

8.15pm

DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre at Esplanade

7 Jun 2025, Sat

8.15pm

DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre at Esplanade

8 Jun 2025, Sun

8.15pm

DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre at Esplanade
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