Franz Pocci, Célia Houdart: OPEN THE OWL (FR, SI)

Director Renaud Herbin found his inspiration for the performance in the inventory of the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and thus Open the Owl is based on the play The Owl Castle, created in 1936 by Slovene puppeteer Milan Klemenčič, along with miniature marionettes made for the play. Célia Houdart upgraded Franz Pocci’s The Owl Castle, a story of Knight Chukolov who has been turned into an owl and would not be redeemed until he looses all his feathers, into a text which exposes even more the timeless topics of metamorphosis, greed, possession, insanity.

Open the Owl represents – apart from its exceptional artistic value – a wonderful theatre collaboration: generational, cross‑border, genre … as well as collaboration with the audience. Open the Owl is a multi‑layered story and offers multiple points of view to the audience, as the theatre literally expands, opens up, displays before the audience. So many layers mean walking on thin ice, but when everything works out, it’s a treat. The mystery of theatre revealed to the audience.

Directed by: Renaud Herbin
Dramaturgy: Mateja Bizjak Petit
Scenography: Mathias Baudry
Light design: Fanny Bruschi
Sound design: Morgan Daguenet
Artistic advice: Nino Laisné
Proofing: Metka Damjan
Assistant: Chloé Delaby
Performing: Maja Kunšič, Iztok Lužar
Stage manager: Luka Bernetič
Light technician: Niko Štabuc
Stage hands: Luka Moškrič
Puppets production: Iztok Bobič, Polona Černe, Zala Kalan, Zoran Srdić, Marjetka Valjavec, Sandra Birjukov, Špela Ulaga, Olga Milič, Tereza Andrůšková
Set production: Christian Rachner, Pierre Chaumont

Performance features the chanson: Tout fout le camp

Produced by: Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana
Co-produced by: TJP – Centre Dramatique National D’Alsace

60 minutes

Performance is in Slovene with English surtitles.

Foto: Jaka Varmuž

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