Ernesto & Bianca

Maltese actor Jacob Piccinino and French actress Heloise Suire will perform their original clowning show Ernesto & Bianca as the first production of the Nuna Palk children’s theatre season at Teatru Salesjan.

Using an invented language, Ernesto is on a mission to impress Bianca, but the question remains whether he will succeed with his obsessively timed and perfectly laid out tea party for two. Wearing red noses, Ernesto and Bianca have no filters for their emotions. When they do try to hide what they are feeling, what follows is a series of comic situations driven by an obsessive attempt to keep up appearances.

Ernesto & Bianca is ultimately a story about two characters who truly need each other but are too afraid to take any further steps. Their story and relationship does not need words, or comprehensible vocabulary, to be understood.

The clowning performance knows its origins in Paris in June of 2016 when Piccinino and Suire collaborated as students of the École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq.

After the success of the first performance in Paris, Jacob decided to continue developing the performance for young audiences with Heloise, who played the original Bianca.

The new show premiered with critical acclaim during the last edition of ZiguZajg festival and is currently being developed further for the Nuna Palk presentation and international touring.

Ernesto & Bianca is recommended for children above the ages of 7 and will be performed at Teatru Salesjan, Sliema from 16 to 18 March at 6.30pm. Tickets, available from www.ticketline.com.mt, start at €8 with a special offer for families that will provide a free ticket for Nannu or Nanna.