L’enfant

Animated materials, immersive form

ON Scene Creation november 2018
in-situ crEation february 2019

Translated into English
All audiences from 14
Duration 50 min.

Enfant, etymologically “Infans”: “he who does not speak”, lives without distinction the real and the imaginary, life and death.

L’enfant is an invitation to experience the play La Mort de Tintagiles by Maurice Mæterlinck from the inside through an immersive form.
Labyrinthine spaces, ephemeral scenographies, animated figures, sound vibrations, are elements that immerse us in a world of continuous uprising, which reflects the inner reality of Ygraine, inviting the spectator to follow the character’s initiatory route.
The unexpected return of her younger brother Tintagiles to the devastated island brings her joy and concern. Responding to the threat of an invisible soul-devourer queen, Ygraine engages in a rebellion. Overthrowing the established order, breaking down borders, she finally penetrates a world that the living cannot enter, eager to catch a glimpse of the infinite realm of shadows.

Ygraine is the only one who can penetrate where the living do not penetrate, to pass the forbidden line, beyond the last step. She is the only one who can communicate with the child ready to be absorbed by the destructive force of darkness, but also ready to pass, so small, through the widened crack to be reborn after this passage in the domain of shadows.
Claude Régy

distribution

Text La mort de Tintagiles by Maurice Mæterlinck (Adaptation)
Scenography, stage direction Élise Vigneron
With Julie Denisse in alternation with Stéphanie Farison (actresses), Sarah Lascar in alternation with Cécile Doutey (marionettists) and Élise Vigneron (manipulations) in alternation with Alice Faravel
Sound and light management Aurélien Beylier
Dramaturgy Manon Worms
Actor direction Argyro Chioti
Light creation Benoît Fincker andSarah Marcotte
MachineryBenoît Fincker
Soundtrack Pascal Charrier, Julien Tamisier and Géraldine Foucault
External view and construction of the manipulation device Hélène Barreau
Plastic collaboration and puppet construction Arnaud Louski-Pane
Construction Benoît Fincker and Philippe Laliard
Accompaniment on the ambulatory device Karin Holmström
Costumes Danielle Merope-Gardenier
Thanks Myriam Rouxel, Jean-Louis Larcebeau, Maya-Lune Thieblemont, Gérard Vigneron, Martine Lascar, Juliette Berroterran

productions & supports

Production : Théâtre de l’Entrouvert
Coproductions : Les Théâtres à Aix-en-Provence et Marseille (13) — Le TJP, CDN Strasbourg-Grand Est (67) — L’Espace Jéliote, Scène conventionnée pour les Arts de la Marionnette à Oloron Sainte-Marie (64) — Le Pôle Arts de la Scène à Marseille (13) — La Garance, Scène nationale de Cavaillon (84) — Théâtre – Arles (13), Scène conventionnée d’Intérêt National – Art et Création/Nouvelles Écritures — Le Vélo-Théâtre, Scène conventionnée Théâtre d’objets à Apt (84).
With the support of la DRAC et de la Région Sud, du Conseil départemental du Vaucluse, de la Ville d’Apt, de la SPEDIDAM et de l’ADAMI.