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Living Things International Arts Festival 2026 - 10th Anniversary Edition Presents:My Great Work
David Espinosa (Spain)
January 28 at 7:00 PM
Black Box Theatre
For mature audiences
Limited to 20 spectators per performance.
“My Great Work is what I would do if I had an unlimited budget, the largest theatre in the world, 300 actors on stage, a military orchestra, a rock band, animals, cars and a helicopter.” D. Espinosa
At a scale of 1:87, My Great Work captures the grandeur of human existence with the humblest of means. A marvel of simple, visual storytelling, it connects us to each other with infinite complexity.
Working with the mindset of an architect, Espinosa constructs a vast “mega-production” with miniature figures, objects, and a tabletop that is both stage and world. This intimate performance, designed for just 20 spectators seated around the table, transforms models typically used to plan buildings into a space where ideas, images, and actions unfold with surprising emotional force.
My Great Work reflects on the precarious conditions under which most artists operate, where creativity often emerges from scarcity rather than abundance. By shrinking an extravagant spectacle down to miniature scale, Espinosa exposes the contradictions of large, high-budget cultural productions: their excess, their fragility, and their relative artistic value.
A playful yet incisive portrait of the world we build and the dreams we chase, My Great Work is as intimate as it is expansive.
My Great Work Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1139180806?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci
About the Artist
David Espinosa (Elche, 1976)
Bachelor of Acting from E.S.A.D. Valencia in 1998. Since 1994, he has studied Contemporary Dance, Improvisation, CI, and Capoeira in Valencia, Brussels, and Barcelona. He has performed with several dance companies, including Mal Pelo, The Malqueridas, Osmosis cie. (France), Lapsus–Alexis Eupierre, and Sonia Gómez / General Elèctrica. As an actor, he has worked in Tragedy and 2666 by Àlex Rigola; Z, Dukes of Vergara Unplugged Vergara and De los condenados by Sergi Faustino; El Enemigo de la clase by Paul Weibel; and Joan el Cendrós by Carles Alberola, among others.
In 2006, together with África Navarro, he founded El Local Espacio de Creación, where they created the following works: Mi Gran Obra (2012), Desconcierto nº1 (2011), La Procesadora (2010), Felicidad.es (2009), Desaladas Club (2007), and Propiedad Privada (2005), as well as the street performances Summertime (2008) and Agonías de los imposible (2006). These works have been presented at international festivals such as the Biennale di Venezia, Escena Contemporánea de Madrid, ALT Vigo, BAD Bilbao, TNT de Terrassa, Escena Abierta de Burgos, Ciclo Radicals Lliures Barcelona, Feria de Teatro y Danza de Huesca, Poblenou a Escena, Cena Contemporânea de Brasília and F.I.T. de Dourados (Brasil), as well as on the AECID tour in Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador, and in numerous theatres and venues across the contemporary Spanish scene.
Credits:
Created and directed by: David Espinosa
Performance: David Espinosa / Cia. Hekinah Degul
Collaboration: Africa Navarro
Sound and music: Santos Martinez / David Espinosa
Stage design: David Espinosa / Air Models and Architecture Projects.
Production: El Local E.C. / C.A.E.T., in collaboration with the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya and I.N.A.E.M.-Ministerio de Cultura
Distribution: M.O.M.-El Vivero
(Project grant from the Artists in Residence Program of Bilbaoeszena)
Presented by Inner Fish Performance in co-presentation with the Festival of Animated Objects and Springworks Festival.
Pricing:
Adult $49.50 ($45.00 base price + $4.50 service charge)
Student w/ID $24.75 ($22.50 base price + $2.25 service charge)
All above prices are in CAD and include GST.
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Black Box Theatre, 1375 Water Street,Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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