La tente
5 – 28 July 2019 at 11h10
Théâtre de l'Adresse « Diffusion », 2 avenue de la Trillade, Avignon
A night-time fantasy for two actresses, a musician and a few monsters. A family show.
A stage first: the premiere of a text by Claude Ponti, one of today’s leading children’s authors.
Two children in a tent amuse themselves by scaring each other. The night is very dark, sounds and shadows close in… What if there were a monster outside? In fact, they are camping in the garden! And suddenly fear turns into tremendous fits of giggles…
Here we take apart the mechanics of fear and show children’s boundless imagination: out of nothing, they make a whole world. We scare and amuse at the same time. We enter Claude Ponti’s teeming universe through an immersive staging: acousmatic music, a pared-back set, real-time video and subtle lighting all play their part in the adventure. We are plunged into the heart of sound, fear and night.
A demanding, generous show for a wide audience, speaking to the senses as much as to the mind.
“Let’s immerse ourselves in the magic” – Le Travailleur Catalan
“A remarkable emergence from the shadows for a picture all in chiaroscuro” – La Semaine du Roussillon