28 – 30 January

Patatas Fritas Falsas

Directed and performed by Agnés Mateus, Patatas Fritas Falsas is the third instalment of a trilogy on violence that confronts political extremism under Franco through a corrosive stage performance. Combining satire, political cabaret, techno music, ventriloquism, puppetry, contemporary clowning and live performance, the piece uses a stripped theatrical device by Quim Tarrida to probe mechanisms of fascism, collective passivity and the rhetoric of hate. The show addresses the audience directly with sharp, confrontational humour.

In Spanish with French surtitles.

Rue du Temple 5,
1201 Genève
Photo Credit: DR
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Photo Credit: DR

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