Perhaps, Perhaps… Quizás
Gabriela Muñoz (MX)
Wordless performance · Suitable for all languages
Perhaps, Perhaps… Quizás is a heart-wrenching and irresistibly funny wordless clown performance about loneliness, waiting, and the fragile hope for love. With no spoken language, the show is fully accessible to audiences of any linguistic background, relying on physical storytelling, visual poetry, and emotional precision.
In a world where nothing seems to truly impress us anymore, the longing for “real love” has become one of the defining burdens of our time. The protagonist, Greta, is a lonely woman who rehearses — once a week — the arrival of the so-called “one.” She prepares, imagines, waits, and hopes. Tonight might be the night. Or perhaps not. Will she finally meet Mr. Right? Perhaps… perhaps… quizás.
Moving effortlessly between comedy and melancholy, Gabriela Muñoz creates a delicate universe where laughter and vulnerability coexist. The performance invites the audience to recognise themselves in Greta’s rituals, desires, and quiet resilience. It is intimate, playful, and deeply human — a story told without words, yet immediately understood.
Critics around the world have praised Muñoz’s unique artistic voice. The Guardian writes that she “transports us to a magical world,” while Australian Stage calls the work “hilarious and touching, a crowning achievement for a clown.” The performance has received major international recognition, including Best Show and Best Performance at the NZ Fringe Festival and the Audience Award at the Mostra Internacional de Teatro Cómico y Festivo de Cangas (Spain).
Moving effortlessly between comedy and melancholy, Gabriela Muñoz creates a delicate universe where laughter and vulnerability coexist. The performance invites the audience to recognise themselves in Greta’s rituals, desires, and quiet resilience. It is intimate, playful, and deeply human — a story told without words, yet immediately understood.
Critics around the world have praised Muñoz’s unique artistic voice. The Guardian writes that she “transports us to a magical world,” while Australian Stage calls the work “hilarious and touching, a crowning achievement for a clown.” The performance has received major international recognition, including Best Show and Best Performance at the NZ Fringe Festival and the Audience Award at the Mostra Internacional de Teatro Cómico y Festivo de Cangas (Spain).
Press
With her whimsical aesthetic, Chula transports us to a magical world with her shows, performances and visual artistry
— The Guardian
— The Guardian
Exceptionally original. Extraordinarily funny.
— The Dominion Post (New Zealand)
— The Dominion Post (New Zealand)
Gaby Muñoz has a gift for challenging our preconceptions, and entertaining us with something fresh and alternative..
— Broadway Baby
— Broadway Baby
It is brave, it is well-crafted, it is side-splittingly funny — and it is sad. It is wonderful
— Theatreview NZ
— Theatreview NZ
An incredibly heartbreaking work of art. Bravo!
— NY Clown Theatre Festival
— NY Clown Theatre Festival
Alexander Weinstein, Artistic Director of CITF
When I first saw this performance at a festival, I was simply stunned. For a full hour, Gabriela holds the entire audience in a state of pure delight — it is almost impossible to comprehend how she does it. She creates an atmosphere of inner joy and complete presence.
Later, she shared with me that the story comes from her own life story, but many years ago.
This is exactly the kind of work after which spectators come up to us and say: ‘If only we had known, we would have invited all our friends.
Later, she shared with me that the story comes from her own life story, but many years ago.
This is exactly the kind of work after which spectators come up to us and say: ‘If only we had known, we would have invited all our friends.
Credits
Created and directed: Gabriela Muñoz
Costume design: Valentina Muñoz
Art and stage: Gabriela Muñoz, Valentina Muñoz
Video: Marion Sosa
Original music: Ernesto Paredano
Photography: Gemma Tweedie
Management: Aurora Nova Berlin
Awards
– Best Show, NZ Fringe Festival 2016
– Best Performance, NZ Fringe Festival 2016
– Audience Award, Mostra Internacional de Teatro Cómico y Festivo de Cangas, Spain 2024
Created and directed: Gabriela Muñoz
Costume design: Valentina Muñoz
Art and stage: Gabriela Muñoz, Valentina Muñoz
Video: Marion Sosa
Original music: Ernesto Paredano
Photography: Gemma Tweedie
Management: Aurora Nova Berlin
Awards
– Best Show, NZ Fringe Festival 2016
– Best Performance, NZ Fringe Festival 2016
– Audience Award, Mostra Internacional de Teatro Cómico y Festivo de Cangas, Spain 2024
About the artist
Gabriela Muñoz is an internationally acclaimed clown, performer and creator working across theatre, circus and physical performance. Trained at the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA) under the pedagogy of Jacques Lecoq, she has developed a distinctive artistic language rooted in emotional precision, visual storytelling and physical theatre.
Known for her alter ego Chula, Muñoz creates performances that are intimate, poetic and profoundly human — works that speak across languages and cultures, touching on themes of love, loneliness and the quiet absurdity of longing. Her practice also includes international teaching and social engagement, notably with Clowns Without Borders, reinforcing her commitment to theatre as a space of empathy and connection.
Known for her alter ego Chula, Muñoz creates performances that are intimate, poetic and profoundly human — works that speak across languages and cultures, touching on themes of love, loneliness and the quiet absurdity of longing. Her practice also includes international teaching and social engagement, notably with Clowns Without Borders, reinforcing her commitment to theatre as a space of empathy and connection.
