"Elemental beings, plants, rocks, perfect little animals: simply fragments of the ‘song’ of the universe." Jorge Carrera Andrade.
In this, its third production, Théâtre de Nuit plunges into the depths of the myths surrounding the creation of the world.
The myths evoked here are borrowed from ancestral Celtic, Amerindian and Aborigine cultures and echo contemporary interrogations. Built on the collective imagination, they speak to us of the origins of the world and man in a universal language.
In this way, myth and legend, just like shadow puppetry, succeed in connecting what our societies separate: the archaic and the modern, the imaginary and the real, the creation of the world and the construction of the individual. Shadow puppetry speaks the same language. A traditional narrative procedure, today it uses contemporary techniques to produce its images. Images, projected shadows appear, disappear, follow in sequence, intermingle. The border between the real and the imaginary becomes blurred, while a world grows up before our eyes, undergoes an imperceptible metamorphosis under the movement of the screens. The puppeteers work in the open and hidden, they give their breath to the silhouettes, and allow the entire experience to come together as a living whole.
The story
"Auguste, Hiné, Coco, Mû and Pèpè live in a big city. Mû doesn't speak, laugh or cry. She lives all alone in a hut. To help her relieve her too, too heavy heart, her friends decide to take her to the other end of the earth, to see the giant. It is said that the giant knows all the history of the universe since the dawning of time. Letting themselves be guided by Mû’s dreams, the children walk through the night until they reach an infinite blue expanse. Following immense footprints, they reach the inside of a cave. The reassuring voice of the last giant welcomes them and tells them how the universe was born, the sky and the earth were separated, life, the sun, the moon and the continents appeared…
Mû listens to the story of the world; she takes part in it and learns to name it. The words spout forth from her mouth and her heart gradually lightens, while Coyote, Auguste, Hiné, Coco and Pèpè become familiar with the unusual colours of the world."
The production team
Design, production, puppet-making, performance: Aurélie Morin
Scenography, puppet-making, props, performance: Elise Vigneron
Set building/props, prologue, epilogue: Elise Gascoin
General production, set building: Messaoud Ferhat
Helpful outside perspective, props: Julia Kovacs and Arnaud Labbé
Light design: TILT, Aurélie Morin, Messaoud Ferhat
Musical creation: David Morin
Costumes : Christina Zofall
Set building: Bertrand Boulanger, Clotilde Laude and Patricia DePetiville
Acknowledgements: Valentine Canto-Martinez
Coproductions
Le Grand Bleu, ENPDA Lille-Région Nord-Pas de Calais, L’Espace 600, Grenoble, Crea / Festival Momix, Kingersheim
Funding: DRAC and Région Rhône-Alpes. Théâtre de Nuit receives funding from the Drôme Département.
Supported by: Théâtre les Aires/Die, La Gare à coulisse/Eurre
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