Le Petit Théâtre du Bout du Monde - Opus I
Photograph Nathalie Sternalski
The Little Theatre at the End of the World stages a series of characters whose portraits strangely resemble us. They evolve to the slow rhythm of the revolutions of an unreal clock that speaks to them of the Anthropocene, without however awakening their slumbering consciousness. Wandering human or animal figures, these imaginary poets observe the world from the perspective of their restricted metabolism, from the bottom of their ladder. They live and transform with us.
Here we claim to be working towards our own remission, through the creation and poetry of theatre, by devising a kind of shared experience that is more legitimate than the dogmas of the IMF or of the CAC 40. This subterranean universe on the fringes of art brut is strewn with objects of times gone by, relics of a technological past that has already become obsolete. A rod puppet, an enigmatic mole-like figure with luminous eyes, acts as a guide...
Design and scenography : Ézéquiel Garcia-Romeu.
Dramaturgy and advising: Laurent Caillon.
Puppets : Ézéquiel Garcia-Romeu.
Stage machinery and stage management: Thierry Hett.
Sound design: Samuel Sérandour.
Costumes: Sidalia da Costa, Myriana Stadjic.
Acting and puppeteering: Issam Kadichi.
Technique and mechanisms: Thierry Hett, Frédéric Piraino, with the participation of Le Hublot.
Manufacture of scenic sets: Studios of the TNN - Centre dramatique national de Nice.
Production :
- Théâtre de la Massue - Ézéquiel Garcia-Romeu company
Coproduction :
- Théâtre National de Nice, National Dramatic Centre Nice-Côte d’Azur
- TJP Centre dramatique national de Strasbourg Grand Est
- La Chartreuse, national centre for performance writing, Villeneuve lez 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
- Speedy dam
Thank you:
- Arles Theatre
L'Humanité :
Theatre. How far is it to the end of the world? (read the article)
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- Performances : Le Petit Théâtre du Bout du Monde - Opus I - Festival FIDENA, Bochum, Germany (9 May 2018)
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- Performances : Le Petit Théâtre du Bout du Monde - Opus I - Plovdiv European Capital of Culture, Bulgaria (14th September 2018)
- Performances : Le Petit Théâtre du Bout du Monde - Opus I - Festival Geo Condé, Frouard (26 April – 27 April 2017)
- Performances : Le Petit Théâtre du Bout du Monde - Opus I - La Criée - Théâtre national de Marseille (4th May – 13th May 2017)
- Performances : Le Petit Théâtre du Bout du Monde - Opus I - Théâtre d'Arles (7 January – 10 January 2016)
- Performances : Le Petit Théâtre du Bout du Monde - Opus I - TJP Centre dramatique national de Strasbourg (13 January – 15 January 2016)
- Performances : Le Petit Théâtre du Bout du Monde - Opus I - Festival Momaix, Théâtre Antoine Vitez, Aix-en-Provence (9 November 2016)
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