A dreamy, surreal, comical and cruelly exciting show that, through clowning, circus and magic, deals with life and death within the walls of the slaughterhouse.

Organiser: Frivillighuset, Gamle Fredrikstad. In cooperation with Studium Actoris and PIT - Porsgrunn Internasjonal Theatre Festival.

Classic Italian slapstick theatre put to the test through an unconventional theme that will make you think about Noah's Ark in a whole new way.

The show combines puppetry, circus, physical theatre, magic and comedy. In this way, Luigi Ciotta plays with a hot topic for a wide audience.

Abattoir Blues is the third part of the Trilogy of Abundance . After spotlighting food waste ( Funky Pudding – 2009) and sugar addiction ( Sweet Dreams – 2014), Luigi Ciotta tackles another hotly debated topic: the mistreatment of animals in intensive farming and society's ambivalent relationship with meat, which is increasingly burdened with new taboos.

NB! Performances are without words.

Performer:
Luigi Ciotta
Director: Adrian Schvarzstein
Assistant director: Francesco Sgrò
Scenography: Yasmin Pochat and Augusta Tibaldeschi
Costumes: Roberta Vacchetta