PikzPalace (Belgium)

BOUCHERIE BACUL

9 May at 7.30pm (Thu)
10 May at 1pm, 5pm and 7.30pm (Fri)
11 May at 12.30pm, 5pm and 7.30pm (Sat)

Special opening FIMFA Lx24

^{Portuguese Premiere}

^{⇨ Free ticket: Lisbon residents with proof of residency (one admission per day)}^{To know more}

^{Technique: Object theatre Language: Spanish, with some words in Portuguese Age guidance: Family-friendly +8 Runs: 30 min.}

In the great tradition of fairs, the Bacul family presents you their homemade products.

Boucherie Bacul is an old fashioned butchery market booth within and around which nothing is what it seems. Instead of meat, the Bacul family only works with abandoned stuffed animals...

Seeming a bit morbid at first, these strange Belgian Butchers prepare crazy delicacies thanks to very particular techniques. A deliciously dark sideshow comedy, not for the faint-hearted.

You've never seen such cute toys cooked in such a hilarious way!

^{"I found this really quirky, surreal, hilarious take on a food van (…). They do this almost Peter Greenaway-esque, grotesque but extremely funny take on a butcher with stuffed animals (...)." - Annelies Gartner, The West Australian}

^{"Hailing from Belgium this couple give new meaning to the word Food Truck. One by one they offered up a range of interesting delicacies – Barbie buttocks, Roasted Winnie de Pooh, Marinated Minnie Mouse. There was even sushi thanks to won of the owners finding Nemo. Utterly brilliant show (...).” - Glennys, The Ponder Room}

^{"My weirdest object-performance experience was with Pikz Palace company’s Boucherie Bacul (…). Funny, imaginative show (…). We came upon this small, blood-splattered butchery with a mix of delight and horror as – upon closer inspection – we realized that this middle-aged couple was serving the flesh of dolls and stuffed animals. Treated as customers, we were quickly ushered into a comically grotesque hands-on toy butchery demo." - Colette Searls, Unima USA}

BIO

Pikzpalace, that’s Greet Verhoeven and Eric Peeters, graphic designers and filmmakers, until they fell in love with street theater more than 15 years ago. Now they play at the major international street theater and pop festivals in Europe and beyond. Their absurd Belgian humor is greatly appreciated by their audience.

Eric Peeters: He made animated films in a previous life, and for now he’s a maker, performer and actor at Pikzpalace.

Greet Verhoeven: she has known Eric since she studied animation, she worked as a graphic designer for Belgian National Television for many years, until she lost her heart to street theater. She is also a maker, performer and actress at Pikzpalace.

They are Belgian (Flemish) but always try to play in the language of the country (with the necessary mistakes but very understandable).

_CREDITS

_{Concept, direction and performers: Eric Peeters, Greet Verhoeven Photography: Dainius Putinas
www.pikzpalace.be}