OLIU,
THE LITTLE WOODCUTTER
THE CRITICS HAVE WRITTEN:



Pictures Jesús M. Atienza. PUTXINEL·LI.
18/04/2012
‘Oliu, el petit llenyataire’
Although there is a part of the show in which the story is
explained with shadows, Oliu, the little woodcutter is basically
a work of puppet type "pupo" (top rod puppet): with a vertical
rod that supports the puppet's head and two strings to move the
arms. Thought for acting in theaters, gets upon the stage a
small platform of a very austere aesthetic, with a small screen
in the background, where the shadows are projected and with
entries in the two extremes.
In this podium, Oliu listen the tale that his father tells him
before going to sleep, which, as "Cañellas" says at the
beginning, "is a story within a tale... and a tale within a
story". The father's tale contains all the traditional symbolic
elements: the house of the forest, three brothers, fire ..., and
ends up, in effect, in a recreation of the same act of
narrating.
Rocamora Teatre has taste for storytelling. It shows in the
quiet pace with which Carles Cañellas and Susanna Rodríguez
cooking Oliu the little woodcutter. Although there is some
repetition -even though this is a dramaturgical bet in which we
will not interfere-, the tale progresses at the speed required
by the close relationship established between who tells and who
listen, it flows creating an intimate connection and getting the
audience to take away home a simple -seemingly- feeling of
wellbeing. A real learning.
In this process, Rocamora not only heals the rhythm, the
treatment of traditional narrative elements and the use of
magic, connected with a live vision of the forest and nature,
but also the language. From the names of the "brothers" of Oliu
(Oliver), Boix (Boxwood) and Saüc (Elder), to the meaning
explanation of the word "disassemble", throughout the show there
is the express wish to use and make live in the child viewer a
language rich in nuances, in fair correspondence with the
universe it creates. This entire collect gently the audience
provides them an experience that perhaps seems to be more
typical of other times but, from here, along with Rocamora
Teatre, we claim.
Cesc Martínez. PUTXINEL·LI. 18/04/2012
OLIU, THE LITTLE WOODCUTTER
has participated in the Festivals and Theatrical Programs:
-7è FESTIVAL DE TITELLES DEL MOIANÈS. CALDERS
-ABRIL 2013. PEDAGOGIA DE L'ESPECTACLE.
campanya escolar 2012-13. TERRASSA and RUBÍ
-ABRIL 2012. FUNDACIÓ JOAN MIRÓ. BARCELONA
-LES DECENNALS. VALLS
-15è. FESTIVAL DE TEATRE DE TITELLES. SANT
LLORENÇ SAVALL
-FIRA DE TITELLAIRES ROMÀ MARTÍ. CALDES DE
MONTBUI
-LA MOSTRA. 21a. FIRA DE TEATRE INFANTIL I JUVENIL.
IGUALADA