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Gulliver's Travels
Fabrice Robin
To be premiered on January 7, 2022 at Athénée Théâtre Louis Jouvet
On tour in 21/22 and 22/23 season
A free adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s novel by Valérie Lesort
Directed by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq
With
David Alexis, Valérie Keruzoré, Valérie Lesort alternatly with Emmanuelle Bougerol, Thierry Lopez, Laurent Montel, Pauline Tricot, Nicolas Verdier, Eric Verdin alternately with Renan Carteaux
After Jules Verne’s 20000 leagues under the sea, and The Fly, freely adapted from George Langelaan’s novel and David Cronenberg’s film, Christian Hecq and Valérie Lesort present Gulliver’s Travels, an adaptation of the famous fantasy adventure story by Jonathan Swift.
The only survivor of a shipwreck, Gulliver wakes up on the shore, besieged by tiny creatures who capture him and present him to the Emperor and his wife, the Empress Cachaça. A pacific giant, Gulliver observes the agitation of these people and the versatility of the mighty ones, their taste for power and war. Christian Hecq and Valérie Lesort seize this social and political satire and turn it into a hymn to difference, to the tempo of songs and original music.
The Lilliputians are hybrid marionettes about 50cm tall: half actor, half marionette, little bodies with big heads, burlesque and ridiculous. Only Gulliver will have his human size. Black box, object manipulation and visual inventions, in this bountiful story their universe deploys a wealth of imagination, sublimating its spicy and exhilarating irony.
A free adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s novel by Valérie Lesort
Stage direction Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq
Stage direction assistant Florimond Plantier
Creation and making of puppets Carole Allemand & Fabienne Touzi dit Terzi
Assisted by Louise Digard and Alexandra Leseur-Lecocq
Set design Audrey Vuong
Costumes Vanessa Sannino
Light design Pascal Laajili
Music Mich Ochowiak and Dominique Bataille
Accessories Sophie Coeffic et Juliette Nozières
Artistic collaboration Sami Adjali
With
Sami Adjali
David Alexis
Emmanuelle Bougerol / Valérie Lesort
Valérie Kéruzoré
Laurent Montel
Pauline Tricot
Nicolas Verdier
Eric Verdin / Renan Carteaux
Production Centre International de Créations Théâtrales / Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Compagnie Point Fixe
Coréalisation Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet
Coproduction Les Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon ; Théâtre de Caen ; Espace Jean Legendre – Théâtres de Compiègne ; Théâtre National de Nice ; Théâtre de Saint-Maur ; MA scène nationale – Pays de Montbéliard ; La Coursive, Scène Nationale de La Rochelle ; Théâtre de Sartrouville ; Théâtre Edwige Feuillère Vesoul ; En cours…
Avec le Soutien du Théâtre D. Cardwell, Draveil, du Fonds d'Insertion professionnelle de L’Académie de l’Union - ESPTL, DRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine et Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Show for all ages (from 7 years old) / in french
Creation in january 2022 / In tour during 21/22 and 22/23
Duration : around 1h30
Press contact
MYRA / Rémi Fort and Valentine Arnaud
01 40 33 79 13 / myra@myra.fr / www.myra.fr