PALUNKO’S WIFE – 2024

Iva Peter-Dragan – Croatia

This show is a non verbal show based on clown techniques and it tells a story of Palunko’ s wife, a well known character from a fairytale Fisherman Palunko and his Wife by world famous storyteller Ivana Brlić Mažuranić.

She doesn’t have a name, she never got one. That namelessnes is fascinating because she is the main hero
in this story. Yet, that same namelessness, of not only Palunko’s but many other women heroes through
history, is the anchor of our show.
Palunko’s wife in this show does not talk at all. Red nose hidden on her face, underneath her apron a
leotard, she is a master of heights and she tames even wild animals.
With a smile, and maybe a few tears, we are searching for our pure feminity, asking ourselves weather we can fulfill that feminine nature without a man and wondering why are we, women, so stubbornly faithful….
Is our urge to sacrifice ourselves actually weakness or strength that for centuries we have been fed from our mother’s breast?