OH ! OUI / JOACHIM LATARJET ET ALEXANDRA FLEISCHER
La Petite Tuk
INITIATIVES D'ARTISTES
1h
From 8 y/o
On the heels of La Petite fille aux allumettes (The Little Match Girl), the company Oh ! Oui… has adapted one of Andersen’s lesser known fables that is nevertheless as grand and symbolically rich as his more famous stories. La Petite Tuk (Little Tuk), a young girl who works too much, embodies the power of imagination in face of life’s travails.
With a mother who works nights and a musician father constantly on the road, Tuk does the shopping, cares for her little sister, and cooks all the meals. Exhausted and far too young to shoulder such responsibilities, she catnaps everywhere: at school, in the hallway, on a bench… In her sleep, voices emerge from her dreams, whispering advice to help her reimagine her reality. Three actor-singers perform all the roles in this immersive theatre piece, which blends video and live music. Like a contemporary cabaret where dreams brush up against harsh reality, where social gravity sparks humour and gives rise to moments of poetry, Alexandra Fleischer and Joachim Latarjet offer a feminine retelling of Andersen’s fable. The result is a musical narrative steeped in the major social issues of our time. Together, they have crafted a work that affirms a deep trust in children’s intellectual capacity to engage with what may elude them, drawing them into a space of contemplation, if not rebellion, and inviting them to imagine otherwise.
Text, music and direction Joachim Latarjet Based on The Little Tuk by Hans Christian Andersen With Alexandra Fleischer, Lea Sery and Joachim Latarjet Artistic collaboration Yann Richard Sound and technical management Tom Menigault Lighting Léandre Garcia Lamolla Set design Lisa Navarro Video Julien Téphany Costumes Nathalie Saulnier Production manager Valentine Spindler Production Compagnie Oh ! Oui Coproduction Le Grand Bleu – Lille, Nationally recognized venue – arts, youth, childhood – KULTURA, Communauté d’agglomération Pays basque, Ville des Ulis, Culture Commune – National Theater of the Pas-de-Calais mining region, Initiatives d’artistes – La Villette (Initiatives d’artistes) – Paris, Théâtre des Bergeries – Noisy le Sec, Les Tréteaux de France. With the support of the SPEDIDAM
Project supported by the Île-de-France Region, the Department of Seine-St-Denis, and SPEDIDAM, a collective management organization that works to ensure that performers of all categories receive the rights granted to them.
The Company is in a territorial residency in the municipality of Les Ulis (91). Since September 2024, it has been an associate company of Le Grand Bleu – Lille, a nationally designated venue for arts, childhood, and youth, for three seasons.
The Oh! Oui Company is supported by the Ministry of Culture – DRAC Île-de-France.
Practical information
Grande Halle – Salle Boris Vian
Métro
Ligne 5 - Porte de Pantin
Tram
Tram 3b - Porte de Pantin
Bus
Bus 75, 151 : Porte de Pantin
Parking
Q-Park
Philharmonie
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - La Villette
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - Conservatoire
Parking
Cité des Sciences
Bike GH
Vélib' docking points
Bike racks
Electric bikes
A battery container is located in front of the Grande Halle.
This venue is:
- Accessible to people with reduced mobility (PRM). Please contact 01 40 03 75 75
- Partially accessible to deaf individuals, depending on the programming.
- Partially accessible to individuals with hearing aids, depending on the programming.
- Partially accessible to visually impaired and blind individuals.
- Accessible to individuals with psychological, cognitive, and intellectual disabilities.
- Several dining options available in the park before or after the show, discover them HERE.
Access to the venue is subject to a security check.
- The following are prohibited: all glass containers, sharp or blunt objects, weapons of any kind or replica weapons, animals except guide dogs for the blind, large luggage or bulky bags, and batteries for electric bikes or scooters.
- Security officers have sole discretion over which items are allowed or not.
- Bringing food into the performance hall is not permitted.
