Inspired by the famous European fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood by the Brothers Grimm, it is a “one-woman show” by the very talented Laurie Cannac and a whole universe of puppets.
Directed by Ilka Schönbein with Laurie Cannac’s design and interpretation, Wolfed Down was nominated for the Molières Jeune Public Prize in 2010, according to a press release.
This “Gothic” version of Little Red Riding Hood builds an eclectic connection between the puppet and the actress’s body, explores its animistic power, and successfully combines poetry and a sense of humour.
The puppetry work of Graine de Vie, Laurie Cannac’s company, combined with the ideas of the great “alchemist” Ilka Schönbein, stands for a popular and particular form of theatre favouring emotion and breaking taboos with an illusionary art skill, using masks and her expressionist aesthetic.
Laurie Cannac is a puppeteer. First trained in the art of drama at the Théâtre-Ecole du Passage, led by Nils Arestrup and Alexandre Del Perugia. she learned puppet theatre just by playing in the street.
In 1997, she founded her company, Graine de Vie [Seed of Life]. She produced her first official show, L’Homme de la Manche [The Man of La Mancha], a highly personal adaptation of Don Quixote, directed by Alexandre Picard.
The performance will be in English, and attendees are requested to register for the event by emailing [email protected] with their name and the date of attendance.
The event is funded by the Franco-German Fund.
Set up in 2003, the fund is a potent symbol of the friendship between France and Germany.
It was set up as a witness to cultural cooperation between France and Germany in third-party countries by means of concrete cooperation projects in the fields of the visual arts, theatre, cinema, broadcasting, sports, intellectual debate, literature and promoting the learning of French and German.
