Saturday, 31 March 2018

The Hole Zero

created by Iñaki Fernández

Does anybody remember the New Year’s Eve of 1980? I do. It was nice and cosy enough and... not like The Hole Zero at all.

I missed The Hole 2 when it was in Las Palmas two years ago. Now, finding myself in rainy Valencia in the run-up to Las Fallas, I was not about to miss this one (Teatro Olympia, Calle de San Vicente Mártir 44, Valencia). The Hole Zero mixes song, dance, stand-up comedy and circus and is quite unlike any live performance I’ve seen so far. Then again, I’ve never been to a burlesque show before. To shock or, at the very least, to embarrass is a part of the deal. The girls are beautiful, to quote Emcee from Cabaret. The jokes are way beyond risqué. The acrobatic numbers are breathtaking. And es de traca! I can’t honestly say I understood everything: for example, “La Terre” was chatting away too fast. It matters not: it was funny all the same.

I know, it was just a coincidence, but The Hole Zero shares a lot with Las Fallas: fun, irreverence, exaggeration, and — no way to get around it, but why one even should? — boobs.

The Hole Zero

Created and produced by Iñaki Fernández
with Félix Sabroso, Víctor Conde, Ferrán González and Pepa Charro

Cast

    MC: La Terremoto de Alcorcón
    La Diva: Lorena Calero
    Conchi: Noelia Pompa
    Salomón: Axe Peña
    DJ Santera: Bilonda Mfunyi-Tshiabu
    Bola Disco: Julio Bellido
    Bianca: Alexandra Masangkay
    Lady 54: Carla Díaz
    Lucy: María Garrido
    Dios Caballo: Daniel Sullivan
    Golden Boy — Aerial Pole Dance: Oleg Tatarinov

Guest Artists

    Bungee Trapeze: Diana Sapronova, Ruslan Gusarov, Andrei Bogodist and Nikolai Gavryushev
    Rueda de la Muerte: William Torres & Andrés Daza
    Meleshin Brothers: Vadim & Anton Meleshin
    Trio Bokafi

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