Puppets: La Mata de Albahaca (Basil Bush)

Past event

The Foundation's puppet and object theatre festival, ARTtítere, presents the play:

The Basil Bush

CompanyLa Gotera de Lazotea (Jerez de la Frontera, Spain)

Synopsis:

La Mata de Albahaca is the story of a prince who, in the ostentation of his power together with the curiosity of his age, enters into a relationship with a girl whom he meets when she is watering her basil pot. Question by question, small revenge in the form of cleverly spun trials, the prince ends up falling in love with her and vice versa. When everything seems to be concluded and happily settled, the queen and her desire for revenge enters the scene. The company uses several versions of this popular tale: some Andalusian, others Catalan, Castilian, Portuguese and Italian.