A poster of Sit. [Photo by teatrepoliorama.com]

The Spanish comedy trio is acclaimed for having created a new performing genre: a mixture based on silent movies, clown techniques, mime and conventional theater.

Its motto is "to hear the audience laughing every 10 seconds."

The chair has always been an indispensable object in the odyssey of human beings. It has witnessed peace treaties, mouth-watering feasts, congenial conversations, sensational shows, tough trials, long waits as well as passionate love affairs.

In the play, the chair is the focal point, and its history is told, from the time man, or woman first placed her bottom on a rock or a tree stump.

"Tricicle's plays are often created based on everyday life and everyday objects," says Ren Yi from Shanghai Oriental Arts Center where the play will be staged.

"It aims to make people laugh through a subtle, simple and surprising type of humor - somewhere between the reality and the absurd."

The group first visited Shanghai one and a half years ago during their Asia debut.

Their wacky performance was reported to have made audiences laugh until it hurt, nonstop, for 90 minutes.

Tricicle
Date: May 5-7, 7:15pm
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, 425 Dingxiang Rd, Pudong
Tickets: 80-580 yuan
Tel: 021-68541234