VALÉRIE MRÉJEN
Pomme-frite
INITIATIVES D'ARTISTES
Est. 45 min
From 6 y/o
Three friends mourn the passing of their pets. Pomme-frite (French Fry) uses a theatre of homemade ritual at a child’s eye level, in which love and invention overcome reality, in which death becomes a plaything, a narrative, a metamorphosis.
A makeshift, joyous, and poetic ceremony, through which the loss of a loved one becomes a playground for the imagination. Three friends, now grown up, recall the rituals they invented as children to bury their pets. These small, improvised rituals – a cherry pit offered here, a Marseillaise whistled there – become the starting point for unexpected fictions. A documentary video drawn from a collection of testimonies from children dialogues with the stage in a sparkling friction that brings forth parallel worlds. In homage to children’s boundless imagination, Pomme-frite (French Fry) gradually drifts away from reality, plunging into a fantastical, luxuriant biotope where departed animals return as playful tricksters, recounting their adventures from beyond the grave. With this minimalist yet exuberant work, Valérie Mréjen has authored a theatrical fantasy that deftly combines humour and tact to broach the delicate subject of children’s first experiences of death.
Bicycle batteries are not allowed inside the performance hall.
Text, staging and video Valérie Mréjen With Pascal Cervo, Jocelyne Desverchère, Sarah Le Picard (alternating with Camille Rutherford) Images Zara Popovici Sound Sean Dwyer Editing Lou Dahlab Sound editing Anna Buy Costumes Isabelle Beaudouin, Clémentine Monsaingeon, Myriam Rault and Valérie Mréjen Sound design Anna Buy Lighting and technical management Mathieu Hameau Set design Laurent Bodin Sound operation Simon Muller
Production Théâtre National de Bretagne – Centre Dramatique National, Rennes Co-production Initiatives d’artistes – La Villette, Paris; Centre Dramatique National Orléans / Centre-Val-de-Loire
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 Chap
Vélib' docking points
Bike racks
Bike racks are available inside the Espace Chapiteaux area. You may leave your electric bike there with the battery attached.
This venue is:
- Accessible to people with reduced mobility (PRM). Please contact 01 40 03 75 75
- Accessible to individuals with psychological, cognitive, and intellectual disabilities.
- 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.
- 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.
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