Journey in place
An unpredictable "adventale" by Abbi Patrix
With Abbi Patrix
A flexible show that can be adapted to all kinds of auditoriums
Stories chosen, adapted and told according to the age of the audience
For families, 9 +
1h30 minutes
Production Compagnie du cercle
Extracts from the press review :
La Nouvelle République
...The journey in place to which Abbi Patrix invited us could have lasted all night long without tiring the 150 members of the audience, under the spell of the magic of his voice, his images, his suggestive power. He perfectly knows how to make good use of what he calls " the sublime orchestration of the imagination ", combining speech, singing, the music of a sanza or the rhythm of a drum, carrying us away on the back of a horse, a wolf or a raven. He also knows how to make tension come down with a flash of humour, before setting off again on the way to emotion. His stories mostly come from traditional tales with scraps of personal stories, linked to his norwegian childhood or to his trips; and beneath fantasy they all speak about humankind, "this mistake of the creator on an uninspired day", about the ordeals he has to overcome to find "the baobab’s heart", wisdom or happiness. A beautiful show.
Some sources of inspiration :
- Les cinq livres de la Sagesse, le Pancatantra, translated by Alain Porte, Éditions Philippe Picquier.
- Contes de Norvège, French adaptation by Johanne-Margrethe Patrix, Éditions Esprit Ouvert.
- L’Anthologie nègre by Blaise Cendrars.
- Contes initiatiques peuls by Hamadou Hampâté Bâ, Éditions Pocket.
- Contes chinois racontés à Helen, Jacques Pimpaneau, Éditions Philippe Picquier.
- Pu Songling, Chroniques de l’étrange, tales translated from the Chinese and presented by André Lévy, Éditions Picquier Poche.
