André & Dorine, first show developed by the company, began its international career in october 2010 at Colombia’s prestigious Manizales International Theatre Festival.

Since then, Kulunka theatre company has performed the play around 600 times in more than 30 countries, including long and highly successful seasons at the Fernán Gómez Theatre in Madrid, the Poliorama Theatre in Barcelona and the LATC in Los Angeles (California).

Genre: Masked Theatre

Audience: Adults-youth

Format: Medium

Language: No text

Duration: 80 Minutes

ABOUT THE PLAY

André & Dorine is a poignant depiction of the enduring love between an elderly couple as their lives are disrupted, but not overcome, by dementia.

This non-verbal theatre piece uses movement, puppetry, and mask to celebrate the shared lives of a pair of artists – André with his typewriter, Dorine with her cello – and how they relive and reinvent their love together as Alzheimer’s becomes a permanent part of their relationship.

The play is a rollercoaster ride of laughter and tears, a silent maelstrom of emotions conveyed through masks that masterfully navigates between drama and comedy, life and death, love and oblivion.

A show without borders which, in 10 years, has been performed in over 30 countries worldwide.

“LOVE AND FORGETFULNESS. Kulunka takes the audience from one emotional extreme to the other, provoking helpless laughter one minute and a lump in your throat the next.  It’s been years since I have felt anything remotely similar.” 

(El País)

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“Unless you’re having a baby Saturday night, see this show; if you are, see it Sunday.”

Stage and cinemaLos Ángeles

“I do not know to which wonderful theatrical genre belongs 'André and Dorine', perhaps It is a moving tragicomedy of masks, but I know that it causes the emotion of a real masterpiece.”

Diario La RiojaEspaña

“ANDRÉ & DORINE: A LESSON OF THEATRE AND LIFE”

Cultural Magazine ModernícolasEspaña

“André & Dorine, a pleasure that seemed to be lost and has been recovered.”

Diario Málaga HoyEspaña

“ANDRÉ and DORINE: The precise language of the masks and the heart.”

Diario Málaga HoyEspaña

“LOVE AND FORGETFULNESS. Kulunka takes the audience from one emotional extreme to the other, provoking helpless laughter one minute and a lump in your throat the next. It’s been years since I have felt anything remotely similar.”

El PaísEspaña

“BEAUTY AND EMOTION WITH NO WORDS”

El MundoEspaña

“... The piece is full of poetry, beautiful compositions, endearing moments and delightful comedy”

Cultural Magazine Modernícolas España

“André & Dorine is a rollercoaster ride of laughter and tears. Although nothing is random, since everything is premeditated, intense emotions hit you hard, like a shower of bullets...”

El Cultural MagazineEspaña

“André & Dorine left the audience speechless”

La Tribuna de Puertollano NewspaperEspaña

“This play that moves without uttering a single word is a master class in life and love.”

Godot MagazineEspaña
Cast
EDU CÁRCAMO / ROLANDO SAN MARTÍN
GARBIÑE INSAUSTI / REBECA MATELLÁN
JOSÉ DAULT / ALBERTO HUICI
Music composer
YAYO CÁCERES
Masks
GARBIÑE INSAUSTI
Set Design
LAURA ELISEVA GÓMEZ
Costume Design
IKERNE GIMÉNEZ
Lighting Design
CARLOS SAMANIEGO
Production
KULUNKA TEATRO
Photographs
GONZALO JEREZ / SVEND ANDERSEN
Video
AITOR DE KINTANA
Press Chief
MARÍA DÍAZ
Distribution
PROVERSUS
Assistant Director
ROLANDO SAN MARTÍN
Directed by
IÑAKI RIKARTE

AWARDS

“CRITICAL EYE” AWARD
RTVE. 2018 (SPAIN)

BEST ENSEMBLE AWARD
LOS ÁNGELES CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS. 2015 (USA)

BEST SPECIALITY AWARD (MASKS)
LOS ÁNGELES CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS. 2015 (USA)

BEST PRESENTED PRODUCTION
OVATION AWARDS NOMINATION. Los Ángeles 2015 (USA)

BEST CHARACTERISATION
CERES AWARD. 2015 (SPAIN)

AUDIENCE PRIZE
BE FESTIVAL. Birmingham  2011 (UK)

BEST DRAMATURGY
BE FESTIVAL. Birmingham  2011 (UK)

BEST FOREIGN SHOW
FIT DE LA HABANA. 2011 (CUBA)