Pinocchio
“Childhood knows what it wants… to leave childhood behind.” Jean Cocteau
A wooden puppet named Pinocchio is cast upon a hazardous path which confronts him with all his frustrations, impulses, and shortcomings. Taking place in a dreamt-up Italy, his journey is an initiatory one in which logs burst into flames, animals speak and the dead come back to life. The action unfurls in a multitude of different settings: sea, countryside, forest, small puppet theatre, or the belly of a shark…
Today, experiencing The Aventures of Pinocchio enables us to sample, once again, fables in all their perfection. The solemnity of certain sequences is a reminder of old legends and their definitive tone. The shifting between sententious and flippant registers imbibes the work with an unlikely sense of reactionary anarchism. Fantasy pervades throughout and the episodes follow on from each other in a joyfully frenetic manner.
Dramaticules brings us a fairy tale for adults and children alike, set in the world of the fairground. A place for theatre in the making, in which anything is possible, and in which memories, fantasies, myths and dreams are brought to life.
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First performed in 2020
Format Large-scale
On tour Since 2020
Running time 1h25
Show suitable for audiences Over the age of 8 years old
Schools shows From year 5
Creative Team
With
Pierre-Antoine Billon in the roles of Lucignolo, Fox, Harlequin, Crow, a Rabbit and a Weasel
Julien Buchy in the roles of Geppetto, Parrot, a Weasel, White Blackbird, a Rabbit and Cheetah
Anthony Courret in the roles of Cat, Peasant, Coachman, Polichinelle, Old Man in night-cap and a Buyer
Jonathan Frajenberg in the roles of Talking Cricket, Mangiafuoco, Circus Director, Rabbit and a Weasel
Jérémie Le Louët in the role of Pinocchio
Dominique Massat in the roles of Blue Fairy and Narrator
Adapted and directed by Jérémie Le Louët
Scenography Blandine Vieillot
Set design Guéwen Maigner
Costumes Barbara Gassier, assited by Noémie Reymond
Costume trainee Marion Thomasson
Video Jérémie Le Louët
Lighting Thomas Chrétien
Sound Thomas Sanlaville
Puppet maker Manon Dublanc
Stage management Thomas Chrétien and Théo Pombet
Production management Noémie Guedj
Partners
A production by Les Dramaticules
Co-produced by Le Théâtre de Chartres (28), le Prisme-Théâtre municipal d’Élancourt (78), le Théâtre de Châtillon (92), and le Théatre d’Auxerre-Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national (89)
With development aid from Conseil régional d’Île-de-France and Conseil départemental du Val-de-Marne
Reviews
“Jérémie Le Louët has adapted the adventures of Collodi’s wooden puppet with a dramaturgical intelligence of a joyful kind. Backed up by a gifted cast, his performance in the title role of Pinocchio is both masterful and captivating.”
Catherine Robert – La Terrasse – October 2020
“This production sees Jérémie Le Louët return to favourite themes of his: the search for identity, transgression, relationship with the law, free will, desire, and the formatting effect of education. It gives us the opportunity to relish, once again, his conceptual art of the imagination and the impudence of a dreamer with an undying thirst for freedom. This is theatrical expression void of any pre-conceived notions!”
Gil Chauveau – La Revue du Spectacle – October 2020
“A unique, playful way of re-enchanting the world, and to be frightened by it as well, with next-to-nothing means used to their full extent. A magical universe that is unique to childhood and the theatre. This production is a gem infused with a rare joy.”
Denis Sanglard – Un Fauteuil pour l’orchestre – October 2020
Former tours
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Useful informations
First performed in 2020
Format Large-scale
On tour Since 2020
Running time 1h25
Show suitable for audiences Over the age of 8 years old
Schools shows From year 5