Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas

About the show

Venetian fugitive Johan Padan escapes the Inquisition by joining Columbus’s voyage, then survives a shipwreck by floating ashore on a pig. Rescued by Indigenous people, he joins a Caribbean community and uses surgery, horse training, and fireworks to help it resist Spanish colonization. Fo performs the one-man work through narration, mime, and invented sounds.