The Fantasist
SYNOPSIS
Dans l’esprit de la fantaisiste, les frontières entre le réel et l’imaginaire s’estompent dangereusement.
Alors que Louise peine à trouver le sommeil, ses lubies prennent forme; les objets s’animent, le temps se transforme… et un étrange séducteur apparait, lui offrant un monde de magie et d’ivresse. Mêlant avec brio l’art de la marionnette, le théâtre de mouvement et une composition musicale originale, l’œuvre explore l’énigme des plongées obscures et des envols extravagants d’un esprit fantasque et imprévisible en proie à la maladie bipolaire.
The Fantasist a tourné nationalement et internationalement après avoir été développé à The Blue Elephant Theatre à Londres et joué à guichets fermés au Fringe Festival d’Édimbourg en 2012 et 2013.
Présenté par Compagnie Traversière et Theatre Témoin avec le soutien de Arts Council England.
Distribution:
Interprétation: Julia Yevnine, Catherine Gerrard, Julia Corrêa
Direction d’acteurs: Ailin Conant
Mise en Scène: Julia Yevnine
Musique: Milkymee
Direction du mouvement: Robin Guiver
Création costumes: Kirsten Fletcher, Lydia Crimp
Création lumières: Allan Ramsay
Création décors: Daniel Moss, Giorgio Ritucci
Création marionnettes: Julia Yevnine, Katerina Damvoglou
Interprètes antérieurs: Jennifer Pearcy-Edwards, Audrey Albert
Producteur: Patrick Collier
Presse:
SUNDAY TIMES: Top Five of the Fringe
SPOONFED: Top Ten Theatre Shows to See at Edinburgh
OFF WEST END THEATRE AWARDS: Nominated – Best Sound Designer
WHATSONSTAGE: Pick of the Fringe and EIF – Top Three Physical Theatre & Dance
“Incredible stagework that will blow you away with its extraordinary use of mime, original music and puppetry. A gripping, imaginative, dark tale…you cannot afford to miss.”
~ Alison Thomson, The Sunday Times
“What the show does so well via the puppetry is to get you right inside Louise’s mind and make you understand both the confusion and yet also the terrible glittering lure of a world of bright lights and butterflies.”
~ Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
“Edinburgh highlight…An encouraging sign [for UK puppetry].”
~ Peter Glanville, The Guardian
“Theatre Témoin sensitively and inventively explores the thorny issue of bipolar disorder…Ingenious stagecraft.”
~ Metro ★★★★
“The Fantasist grips the audience from the off in a way rarely seen and this hold is only tightened over the hour.”
~ Rebecca Paul, The Skinny ★★★★★
“Enchanting, endearing and wholly entertaining, this clever show is a must-see for your diaries at this year’s fringe.”
~ Adele Monk, ScotsGay ★★★★★
“The Fantasist is a hilarious, beautiful and utterly astonishing exploration of bipolar disorder.”
~ Alex Eades, Edinburgh Guide ★★★★★
“Astonishingly powerful…If you ever needed proof that puppet shows are a genre that deserve to be taken seriously by adult audiences, then come and view this production.”
~ Josey De Rossi, Fringe Review ★★★★★
“An example of what astonishing things can actually fit into such tight theatrical spaces…raw genius.”
~ Kelly Crocker, The Public Reviews ★★★★★
“Rarely have I seen a play that so deftly switched between beauty, joy, terror and despair.”
~ Simon Plotkin, The Latest ★★★★★
“The Fantasist is the theatrical equivalent to a full blown vision.”
~ Melissa Rynn, Stage Won ★★★★★
