Théâtre de la Massue

Cie Ézéquiel Garcia-Romeu

La Méridienne

Théâtre de la Massue - La Méridienne / ©Richard Termine

Photograph Richard Termine / Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival – 2025

A show for one spectator and a microscopic puppet, La Méridienne tells the story of the the fragility of human thought in front of the passage of time.

The audience is first gathered around a meal, then invited individually to leave the table to watch the performance alone. 

Face à l’unique spectateur, une lucarne ; derrière la lucarne, le minuscule rideau de scène. Le montreur de marionnettes, invisible et calfeutré dans son théâtre, commence la narration d’une parabole muette. En trois mouvements, il nous montre toute la vie de l’humanité : la naissance, la vie et ses apprentissages, puis la disparition au sein de l’univers.

It's as if everything is happening in a dream. This miniature seems to speak and transmit a message from the depths of the ages, and to act in the deepest recesses of the viewer's mind, where all these questions lie.

Once everyone has received their share of representation, it will be up to them to transform their individual impressions into a collective memory before they leave.

Casting

Design, direction, scenography, puppets: Ézéquiel Garcia-Romeu

Acting and puppeteering: Ézéquiel Garcia-Romeu, Javier Swedzky (for South America)

Production and support

Production :

  • Théâtre de la Massue - Ézéquiel Garcia-Romeu company

 

Coproduction :

  • Calvet Museum (Avignon)

 

With the support of :

  • Ministry of Culture – Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs PACA
  • South Region – PACA
  • Department of Alpes-Maritimes
  • City of Nice
  • French Institute
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