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The Sea Along The Dotted Line

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45 min|Young children, Pre-schooler, School children|Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava, Telliskivi Creative City

Theatre Bouffou
FRANCE

The story was drawn from a news item: a man from a far away country in Eastern Europe, who had never seen the ocean, took his bicycle to go at its encounter. He was not aware of the potential dangers of the journey, and the required formalities to travel abroad. He travelled through different countries, meeting a lot of people… and almost reached his goal. Unfortunately, he found himself caught into administrative formalities. With no identification, he got arrested and was put on a plane to where he’d started his journey.

Bouffou Theatre is a professional company focused on delivering puppet shows for children and adults in France and abroad since 1986. Its Artistic Director Serge Boulier has been constantly searching for connexion and sharing emotions with his audience. He combines the actors’ performances with puppets, in the search of opening “new horizons”. In elaborating shows for “young audience”, the company finds a way to put together children and parents in a fantasy world, for them to share emotions, and to enhance these moments by questioning the adults relationships with children.

The hero of this tale has a dream to see the sea and a bicycle to take him there. It is like a journey to the end of the world, without ever leaving the room. The whole trip is played out on a small stage with intricate technical solutions of wooden, metal and textile details, which take us on a journey through different countries and cultures. The show encourages us to fantasize and move towards our dreams, regardless of any physical or bureaucratic obstacles along the way. – Leino Rei, Artistic Director of festival NuQ Treff

Performance times and tickets:
May 23, 11am Buy ticket
May 23, 4pm Buy ticket