Pablo Casals: THE CELLIST
Updated: Sep 3
Peep Box-Picture Storytelling with miniature illuminated paper cutouts
It is 1890. Pablo is 13 years old when his heart jumps an extra beat: he finds in a second-hand sheet music store in Barcelona a copy of Bach's six cello suites.
I tell the life story of Spanish cellist Pablo Casals next to a moving scroll of tiny illuminated miniature paper cutouts the audience sees through the window of a wooden peep box. The story covers his life from his childhood in El Vendrell ( Catalonia, Spain) until his last concert in Jerusalem. Towards the end the spectator is asked to put on earphones and listens to a recording of Casals playing his "Song of the Birds" which has become a symbol of peace.
The Peep Box:
Back of box
Miniature shadow figures:
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Credits:
Artwork and Performance: Patricia O'Donovan
Peer Show Box: Mario Keizman
Recorded music: Pablo Casals " Song of the Birds"
Audience: For 1 to 3 spectators.
Languages: Spanish, English or Hebrew
Production: AMBULO Company, 2016.
The International Festival of Puppet Theater. The Train Theater of Jerusalem. 2016.
The International Festival of Puppet Theater. Holon, Israel. 2019.
BARBUR Art Gallery in Jerusalem 2017, B & B residency.
CHANUT Theater in Tel Aviv 2018
HA ZIRA Public Libraries In Jerusalem 2019.
Pablo Casals gave his last concert at the Khan Theater in Jerusalem in 1973
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