The Trilogy
Sleeping Beauty, Through The Looking Glass, Mary Brown
CREATION 2014
The story
These three stories are born; like Colette Garrigan in Liverpool. The first is a story of a Princess; ‘The Sleeping Beauty’, growing up in a kingdom but far from that of a fairy-tale. The second is the story of a girl wanting to grow up, to become an adult. Facing the challenges on the great chessboard of life!! From a Princess to a Queen. Just like Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’. And the third, ‘Mary Brown’ is a story of reconciliation and going home.
A Trilogy.
Three stories, that illustrate Colette Garrigan’s path as a teenager along the streets of Liverpool and her path towards adulthood and rebuilding after the demolition. Each story stands up in it’s own right as a show. Together the three shows presented as a trilogy make for an interesting journey. A journey of at least three days; allowing the public to witness the true spirit of resilience and how one story leads to another, like chapters in a book, the squares on the chessboard. Following the moves that were already written and writing new ones ourselves
Medias
Director’s Notes
Everything changed in 2006 when I wrote the following sentence ‘Once upon a time there was my mother and father, they live here in this house…
That is how ‘Sleeping Beauty starts. And that is how I started to use where I come from (Liverpool) as my source material for my writing. I didn’t realise right away that I had opened some kind of Pandora’s box where stories previously hidden where going to come out into the open. Stories that speak of resilience; of dandelion children. These that I tell have given me the nickname here in France as the Ken Loach of Puppetry. I am indeed a great admirer of this man’s work. I am from Liverpool and for me growing up there was indeed an obstacle course! But these formative years made me who I am and it is with this ‘Liverpool Voice’ that I tell you three stories: ‘Sleeping Beauty’, Through the Looking Glass ‘ and ‘Mary Brown’. The trilogy.
Cast
Sleeping Beauty
A show suitable for 13 years and up wards
Acting – shadow theatre – object theatre
Performance length – 55 minutes
Written and directed by : Colette Garrigan
Performed : Colette Garrigan
Outside eye : Pascaline Herveet et Robin Frédéric
Music : Pascaline Herveet
Arrangements : Pascaline Herveet et Sarah Auvray
Lighting : Laurent Filo et Franck Bourget
Shadow theatre : Colette Garrigan
Lighting : Olivier Bourguignon / Jérôme Houles
Sound : Antoine Quoniam / Pierre Blin
Audience capacity: 120 to 180 people
Stage space: 6m x 6m – Height 3,5m
Total blackout required.
Through The Looking Glass
A show suitable for 13 years and up wards
Acting – shadow theatre – object theatre
Performance length – 55 minutes
Written and directed by : Colette Garrigan & Sylvain Diamand
Performed by : Colette Garrigan
Sound Universe : Jeff Gondek
Lighting : Olivier Beaudequin / Olivier Bourguignon
Sound : Antoine Quoniam
Set builder : Sylvain Diamand
Prop maker : Jonas Delhaye
Sewing : Nathalie Deslandes
Hairdresser : HIZZY
Artistic collaboration : Marja Nykanen et Claude Lapointe
Collaboration artistique : Sarah de Foresta et Johanna Saalo
Régisseurs lumière : Olivier Bourguignon / Jérôme Houles
Régisseurs son : Antoine Quoniam / Pierre Blin
Audience capacity: 120 to 180 people
Stage space: 6m x 6m – Height 3,5m
Total blackout required.
Mary Brown
A show suitable for 13 years and up wards
Acting – shadow theatre – object theatre
Performance length – 55 minutes
Written and directed by : Colette Garrigan
Performed by : Colette Garrigan et Laura Muller
Music: Patrick Morton
Sound Universe : Fabrice Bisson
Acting direction : Jean Louis Heckel
Object theatre – Manipulation : Sean Myatt
Lighting : Jérôme Houles / Olivier Bourguignon
Sound : Antoine Quoniam
Set builder : Sylvain Diamand
Crédits Photos : Virginie Meigné
Audience capacity: 120 to 180 people
Stage space: 7m x 7m – Height 3,5m
Total blackout required.
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