Le géant (pas si) égoïste

A comforting winter tale in the kitchen of a lovable giant, staged by two actresses who take turns as storytellers, singers and object manipulators. Tucked away in a drawer of my memory, a story takes shape.

It is drawn from a tale by Oscar Wilde, or rather from the bittersweet taste it has left in me: a discontented giant opens his lonely heart to friendship. The selfishness has flown away, and a new season can begin! It is the symbolic force of this memory that guides the show.

It appears in the play on words, the musicality of language and nursery rhymes, as well as in the sets, which suggest nature and its seasons as so many colours and emotions.

The very young child will easily identify with this changing little world, which the adult protects, nourishes and carries in giant hands.

Accompanied by ukulele and various percussion instruments, the tale is punctuated by playful exchanges with the children and ends with a free exploration of the sets and instruments.

Written by Elodie Zara • With Elodie Zara and Judith Marx • Compagnie Passigran • with the support of the Town of Colombes