Street Theatre

History has change cities shape creating squares, widenings, sidewalks, parks and other spaces suitable for welcome street play.

Paris has a long tradition in street play, that’s why we choose a simple truck tied to the imaginary of people and not a futuristic and “alien” shape.

Citroen type H, in its historical version, is a simple truck adaptable to different uses and very diffuse in France: bakeries, greengrocers, milkmen and others always used it to deliver goods. Public, artists and everybody else can recognize themselves in this “democratic” transport.

As a connection between past and present the Type H maintain its shape in the truck head and in the lower bedside, where a pocket remains useful for transport power sources or equipment; on the bed floor a simple structure composed by sandwich wood panel, stainless steel rods and cords can be fitted by coachbuilders.

The truck body (2,70 x 2,00 m – h 2,60 m) is composed by a fixed horizontal plane and four opening elements (2+2) that all together form the stage. A stair is the frontal closing element that allows artists to use the closed body to cram necessary prop.

All the movements to open the stage are manual and simple for two people and possible at street level in little time without other facilities.

Ones assembled, the stage is completed by six vertical elements and a cross element that, covered by PVC or textile sheets, set the backstage. Everyone of the six vertical elements has a sliding guide to easily open a coverage element made by an electrical track for ceiling installation suitable for lighting, sound systems, or projectors, all controllable by the truck head.

In the 36 square meters are included also two lateral spaces, delimited by light dividers, that act as backstage with direct access to the stage by an additional ladder.

A stair along the front of the stage connects artists with public, allowing dialogue and interaction, very frequent in street plays.

The stage (2,70 x 6,60 m) is sufficiently big to host small music groups or plays, street dancers and artists that entertain public with acrobatic acts and performances but also for rallies and speeches.

The truck can be set in many different places, from the suburbs to the heart of the historical city. According with the public and the location the stage can be adapted for different performances.