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A show by the company
Coproduction MP2013-Opening Nights, Théâtre de Lenche
Ça cartonne !
Creation date : december 2014
In the darkness, piled up boxes start to move,
to fall, to glide, to collide, to dance. Is it a
dream ? An alarm clock rings. windows open.
Lights, sound. A ‘house’ box and a ‘nomadic’
box appear, each with their own inhabitant, two very different characters. These neighbours
start to tease, to argue, to fight using music and sound. they build a separation wall and suffer
the consequences… finally they find a way to destroy such a frontier and create a different
world together, made of fragile and colourful cardboard towers…
The show
This play has been devised based on
a very specific material : cardboard,
and all it means to us, from hut to
precarious housing, from shell to
frail rampart protecting us from
the environment. Cardboard is
ubiquitous in our society. Both
disposable and reusable, fragile
and solid, it is a neutral material
which can tell many stories...
Using a few simple things, Qui-Bout ! transports its audience into an imaginary world : with
cardboard boxes, two characters, a small guitar, a radio, a toothbrush, a coffee cup, a
newspaper, a tea towel, lights and music, the company reflects the absurdity and complexity
of the human being.
Ça Cartonne ! is a visual show without words for grown-ups and children from three years old.
Show requirements
• Age : 3 years and up
• Duration : 35 minutes (2 shows per day are possible)
• Performance space : 6 x 6 metres
• Audience capacity : 300 people
• Technical : black-box or other theatre space. Lighting rig, P.A. and black-out essential
The Company “Qui-Bout !”
Qui Bout! was established in Arles in 2009 by Lila Berthier. This association offers original
theater productions for children and young people. With the desire to speak to the youngest
and at the same time to the adults accompanying them, playing with different levels of
understanding. Lila Berthier likes visual and sound designed theatre defends. She creates
funny and poetic worlds in which music and objects have an important role. By using basic
materials and simple processes, the artistic objective is to enhance the present, to connect
with the pleasure of playing and taking the audience within their
imagination; questionning yesterday and today’s world.
The Ça cartonne ! team
• Lila Berthier : actress, artistic manager of “Qui-Bout !”
company
After university (Paris III) & actress studies at the “Conservatoire
Gabriel Fauré” in Paris, she works with various companies, particularly
on projects mixing both theater & circus. She discovers a great pleasure to
play for the young public, with “Pointure 23” & the “Jeden Theatre”. In 2012, she participates to
a “OFQJ” thinking seminar about creating for the very young public in Reims, Charleroi (Belgium)
& Montreal (Quebec).
• Claire Leyat : actress, musician
After actress studies at the Conservatoire de Marseille, & at the INSAS in Bruxelles, she works for
several years with “l’Agence de Voyages Imaginaires” and joins “Qui-Bout !” company to create
Bac à fouilles.
• Vincent Trouble : compositor
After studies at the Berklee College of Music (Boston/USA), he sings & composes, with the
“Brozeur” brothers, the “Cartoun Sardines Théâtre”, & the “Agence de Voyages imaginaires”. He
composed the Bac à fouilles music.
• Aymrik Pech : regissor
After polyvalent studies in 2007 related to sound & light on a stage, he works as a stage manager,
for the Avignon Festival d’Avignon, & the National Stage of Cavaillon.
He joined “Qui-Bout !” company, in 2012 for Bac à fouilles.
• Sophie Blanc : production & development
After economics & politicals studies linked to cultural activities, she carries out missions in
France & abroad, particularly in the choreographic sector of activity.
In january 2014, Sophie joins the “Qui-Bout !” company.
Workshop
Building Together !
Depending on the age and number of the attendees,
the workshop can last from 1h30 to 3h
(adults and children from 3 years okd)
With Lila Berthier and Claire Leyat
As they did during the creation of the show, the actresses offer to use boxes to build a new
world.
Using different size of boxes, cuting them, sticking them together, the attendees create
something… An arm? A leg? A hiding place? An animal? A character? Something else?
Due to their imagination they all become actors improvising with their own box. It is now
part of them. They play with it and create a theater piece with no words… Onomatopoeias
maybe… Each attendant play infront of the others, along with some musical background.
With younger children we can build together, one after the other, a world of boxes…
The challenge, create a world that does not fall down !
French Tour
2014-2015 : Festival Minots marmaille et Cies - Théâtre de Lenche (Marseille, 13), Festival
Drôles de Noëls - Théâtre d’Arles (Arles, 13), Fabrik’Théâtre (Avignon, 84)
2015-2016 : Centre culturel Busserine (Marseille, 13), Théâtre L’Odyssée (Fos sur mer, 13),
Centre culturel Louis Aragon-espace Jean Ferrat (Septèmes-les-vallons, 13), Théâtre du
Golfe (La Ciotat, 13), Théâtre de la Calade (Arles, 13), Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture
- Le Bruit qui Court - Théâtre Jean Lebleu (Manosque, 04), Espace Gerard Philippe - Scènes
et Cinés - (Port St Louis du Rhône, 13), Théâtre Le Cadran (Ensues la Redonne, 13), Espace
Sevigné (Lambesc, 13), Ligue de l’enseignement - Théâtre El Zocalo (Barcelonnette, 04),
Ligue de l’enseignement - Centre Culturel René Char (Digne les Bains, 04), ...
Writing and Performance : Lila Berthier et Claire Leyat
Music : Vincent Trouble
Lights : Aymrik Pech
Contact
Compagnie Qui-Bout !
Maison de la vie associative, 3 Bd des Lices, 13200 Arles, FRANCE
www.quibout.com
[email protected]
+ 33 6 87 88 04 16
Association loi 1901 – SIRET : 51166490600019
Licence entrepreneur de spectacles : 2-1057284 - APE : 9001 Z