Au jardin des Potiniers

Tabletop theatre

2023-06-03 15:00 2023-06-04 15:50 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Au jardin des Potiniers

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/31896

In-person event

If you've been wanting to visit another planet lately, if you’ve been longing for a change of scene, you absolutely have to see this slightly Martian garden/show!  You’re invited to find a spot under a curious table/set. You put your head through a hole, and suddenly you’re a living rock in a surreal landscape that unfolds its miniature botany in front of your nose. Now you can listen to the sounds springing up all around you, and watch mechanized plants growing,...

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Azrieli Studio,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
June 3 - 4, 2023
June 3 - 4, 2023
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Au jardin des Potiniers © Illustration Pony
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© B. Soulage
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Au jardin des Potiniers © Illustration Pony
jardins1
© B. Soulage
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© B. Soulage
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© B. Soulage
“A world in miniature ”
  • In-person event
  • Bilingual
  • Ages 6-12
  • ≈ 50 minutes · No intermission
NAC Co-production

If you've been wanting to visit another planet lately, if you’ve been longing for a change of scene, you absolutely have to see this slightly Martian garden/show! 

You’re invited to find a spot under a curious table/set. You put your head through a hole, and suddenly you’re a living rock in a surreal landscape that unfolds its miniature botany in front of your nose. Now you can listen to the sounds springing up all around you, and watch mechanized plants growing, balloon snails quietly gliding by, delicate foam anemones dancing in the light. However, something is wrong with this eclectic paradise: it seems to be in the grip of a drought. How can we save it? 

This super-intimate show in the form of a visual art installation suspends time to allow us to consider together, with our eyes and ears wide open, the effects of climate change. Like a love poem written with the senses, and addressed to the beauty and fragility of living things.

Without words ● Ages 6 and up

Reserve now: maximum audience 30! 

Pre-show activity

Families are welcome to join a pre-show activity 45 minutes before each performance! Under the guidance of artist Emily Rose Michaud, children will create various elements that will populate a beautiful garden-space.

  • With Gabriel Plante, Camille Panza, Noam Rzewski, Pierre Mercier, Léonard Cornevin and Félix-Antoine Boutin
  • Création Dans la Chambre Odile Gamache, Félix-Antoine Boutin, Gabriel Plante, Julie Basse and Émilie Martel 
  • Ersatz Camille Panza, Léonard Cornevin, Noam Rzewski, and Pierre Mercier
  • Production Director (2023) Émilie Martel
  • Technical Director (2023) Julien Boisvert
  • Motors built by Linsday Morneau
  • Co-producer Théâtre Nouvelle-Génération (Lyon, France)
  • Partners Commission Internationale du Théâtre Francophone, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts du Canada, Conseil des arts de Montréal, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Wallonie-Bruxelles Internationale, Région Grand Est, Institut Français, Bureau International de la Jeunesse  
  • Support Théâtre aux Ecuries – Montréal – Canada, LA SERRE – arts vivants – Montréal – Canada, Montévidéo – Marseille, France, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles – Paris, France, Le Carreau – Scène nationale de Forbach et de l’Est mosellan, France