Café-causerie | Souvenirs fragmentés

Discussion of works-in-progress

Adults, 13 years +

 

Part of Café-causerie: Budding Creations! Discovering works-in-progress. . .

In a casual setting, four creative teams present their works-in-progress and take questions from audience members eager to learn more about the various stages in the development of a puppet show.

 

Souvenirs fragmentés

In this intimate exploration of the sensory world, Anne Lalancette and Miguel Angel Gutiérrez stir up old childhood memories to bring out their poetic and nostalgic essence. Equipped with their collection of objects and analogue machines, they invite the audience onstage for an immersive journey, urging them to delve into their own memories and allowing themselves to be moved by the melancholy and poetry of the fragments of memory on offer.

Languages: French and Spanish
Running time: 35 to 50 minutes
Techniques: Object theatre, rod puppets
Audience: Adults, 15 years +

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Photos: Andrea Calderon

Company

Anne Lalancette has been a puppeteer for theatre, television and film for 20 years. She is the co-founder and artistic director of the collective La ruée vers l’or, for which she adapted and directed the graphic novel Racontars arctiques.

Miguel Angel Gutiérrez is the co-founder and artistic director of the Luna Morena company and of the Festín de los muñecos festival in Guadalajara, Mexico. Over the years, he has directed more than twenty shows, including Canek, leyenda de un heroe maya.

Together they share a particular interest for the animated form and for miniatures. Souvenirs fragmentés is their first artistic collaboration.

Credits

Stage direction, story and performance: Anne Lalancette, Miguel Angel Gutiérrez
Puppets and lighting: Miguel Angel Gutiérrez

Anne Lalancette and Miguel Angel Gutiérrez wish to thank La Bulle, Le Schatz, and Théâtre Aux Écuries for hosting their artistic residency, and Luna Morena Taller Experimental de Titeres for its financial support.

 

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