© Caroline Hayeur
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© Caroline Hayeur
© Caroline Hayeur
© Caroline Hayeur
© Caroline Hayeur
  • Français
  • Approx. 55 minutes
Performance options Start time Language Availability
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 9:45 am French sold out
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 12:45 pm French sold out
Thursday, February 8, 2018 9:45 am French sold out
Friday, February 9, 2018 9:45 am French sold out

“I have the feeling that, in a discouraging world that sometimes makes me weep, working for children is the only thing worth doing.”

D. Kimm

Only 150 tickets available! 

Birds, an umbrella and kung fu

Isn’t it better to be a bird? Humans are so hard to figure out! That’s what Mademoiselle Mouche thinks, anyway. So she goes to the gym to take flight training, and she learns to speak bird. One day, surely, she’ll soar into the air.

Multidisciplinary artist D. Kimm has created an endearing character, slightly clown-like with her kung fu and hip hop. We like her instantly. Her funny stories and the oversize video projections of birds transport us. Time to leave dull cares behind and prepare for takeoff!

  • Conceived, written, directed and performed by D. Kimm
  • Lighing Lucie Bazzo
  • Music Guido Del Fabbro
  • Video images Allison Moore
  • Costumes and props Maude Audet, Erica Schmitz and Nicole Villiger
  • Artistic consultants Simon Boulerice, Yves Dagenais, Jasmine Dubé and Hélène Langevin
  • Production Les Filles électriques
  • Collaboration NAC French Theatre

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