Pinocchio Instruction manual for a great puppet show

A story with music in five scenes

Mangiafuoco is the theatre director and puppeteer of the Grand Puppet Theatre where Pinocchio goes at one point in his story, after selling his alphabet book. Mangiafuoco is a passionate man who, with his love for the “Grand Puppet Show”, desperately tries to escape the onslaught of everyday life and the unconditional weight of his old age, driving those with him – Arlecchino, Pulcinella and Lucignolo, Pinocchio's travelling companions – to their limits. Like a Don Quixote, Mangiafuoco creates drama and lets himself be carried away by the fantasies of his grotesque mind, endlessly imagining puppet stories that break down the boundaries between reality and fiction.

Musical composition: Miquel Ortega

Stage director: Cristina Cubells

Playwrights: Cristian Cubells and Merva Alramli

A Real Teatro de Retiro production in collaboration with The Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation.

Participation of singers and a pianist from the Friends of the Teatro Real Foundation’s CRESCENDO programme.
 

School matinees
24, 25 and 31 October 2024 at 10.30am and 12 noon

Family performances
Saturdays: 26 October and 2 November 2024 at 12 noon and 5.30pm
Sundays: 27 October and 3 November 2024 at 11am and 1pm.

Recommended for children aged 6 and over

Educational recommendation 6- to 10-year-olds