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Compagnie Artiflette: Petit(s) présent(s) pour grand futur (Small Presents for a great future)

French Circus Troupe,. cycling around Spain, France, Cornwall and Devon, performing in English – a show for adults (but kids will love it too!)

Presented by: Ashburton Arts Centre

0	ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P	Saturday 19th October, 2024
N	4:45pm

Event information

This French Family Circus Troupe has been cycling around France, Spain and the SW of England since June, performing their shows to appreciative audiences wherever they appear. Their show here in Ashburton is a surreal story, for grown ups, though kids will love it too. It features theatre, music (accordion, tuba, trumpet, clarinet, flute, drums), songs and circus (balances, acrobatics, juggling, diabolo, ribbons) to delight spectators of all ages!

The Story…
There are 4 of them. 2 men, 2 women: Dan, Linda, Max and Nad. They were chosen by the “International Office of Bottles in the Interstellar Sea” (the IO of the BIS), for their scientific, organisational, pataphysical, literary and undulatory specialties. Their mission: collect new elements for updating the Golden Record sent into space in 1977 by NASA and recently returned to earth in Trifouillis les Olivettes, at Paulette’s house. They travel across France, going from village to village to meet the inhabitants. They are in a hurry to finish their collection. They are tired, they are starting to tire of this quest. The objective of this mission seems more and more illusory and inept to them. They are going to change course...
If the show begins facing the spectators, in a fairly traditional manner, it will then evolve towards a much more open relationship connecting with everyone, the actors and the spectators forming nothing more than humanity which exchanges, questions itself, creates together .
Theatre music (accordion, tuba, trumpet, clarinet, flute, drums), songs and circus (balances, acrobatics, juggling, diabolo, ribbons) allow the characters to express all their energy, all their complexities, for the greatest joy of spectators of all ages!

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