Joël Pommerat / Compagnie Louis Brouillard
| A work written and directed by: | (adapted from the original children’s story) |
| Performers: | CRodolphe Martin (narrator), Valérie Vinci (girl, grandmother) and Isabelle Rivoal (mother, wolf) |
| Assistant director: | Philippe Carbonneaux |
| Stage and wardrobe design: | Marguerite Bordat |
| Stage and lighting design: | Éric Soyer |
| Stage construction & supervisor: | Thomas Ramon |
| Assistant documentalist: | Evelyne Pommerat |
| Sound: | Grégoire Leymarie and François Leymarie |
| Technical director: | Emmanuel Abate |
| Sound engineer: | Yann Priest |
| Light engineer: | Cyril Cottet |
| Translation: | Ruth Olaizola |
| Surtitles: | Jorge Tomé - Opus |
| Production: | Compagnie Louis Brouillard |
| Co-production: | Centre Dramatique Régional de Tours, Théâtre Brétigny - Scène conventionnée du Val d'Orge, with the support of Haute- Normandie, Region of France |
With the support of the Institut Français d’Espagne, the Institut Français de Paris and the IFprog Programme (Institut Français and La Ville de Paris) |
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| La Compagnie Louis Brouillard is subsidised by the French Ministry of Culture / Drac Île-de-France y la Région Île-de-France. Joël Pommerat is an associated artist in Nanterre-Amandiers. La Compagnie Louis Brouillard is also associated with La Coursive (Scène Nationale de la Rochelle, France) and with La Comédie (Geneva, Switzerland). | Le Petit Chaperon Rouge premiered in June 2004 at the Théâtre Brétigny de Val d’Orge, in France. Since that time, it has been performed 900 times in 176 cities in 10 countries. All works by Joël Pommerat have been published by Editions Actes Sud-Papiers. | The presentation of Le Petit Chaperon Rouge Madrid enjoys the collaboration of the Institut Français d’Espagne. |
“The fear in this performance that has revolutionised this theatre supposedly for “children” is maddening, seductive.”.Le Monde
Joël Pommerat is one of the most solid figures of contemporary French dramaturgy, author and director of stage productions with a decidedly philosophical and existentialist slant that nonetheless eschew intellectuality in favour of the imagination, to connect with diverse audiences of all ages, fascinated by his mysterious and absorbing atmospheres. Particularly interested in rewriting children’s myths, he has cast his gaze on classic stories including Little Red Riding Hood, Pinocchio and Cinderella, reinventing them from a contemporary perspective to question today’s children and adults.
Starting from the famous story by Charles Perrault, Pommerat now invites us to delve into his own version of Little Red Riding Hood that he has rewritten and, with greater specificity and truth, reveals the most profound aspects of a story that is no less engaging due to its popularity: nature and the dangerous animal world, solitude and the mystery of the unknown, although also revealing life’s beauty and wonder. And—above all—he emphasises fear and its flip side, desire, as essential features of this story and in general, children’s lives.
A mother alone and overwhelmed by work, a grandmother who is equally alone yet ignored and a little girl who questions herself and her place in the world. With refined stage design, magnified by an imaginative use of light and ambient sound, the director plays with our memories so that we can confront our fears. The result is an ode to curiosity both for young and old, an introduction to controlling our emotions that encourages us to confront the complex world of adulthood in another way.
The presentation of Le Petit Chaperon Rouge at the 36th Autumn Festival is the very first time the Compagnie Louis Brouillard presents a work by Joël Pommerat in Madrid.