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"Discover Block, a show for ages 3 and up, immersive, without words, where the story is told through the sounds emitted by 61 small boxes."

-The theater in French is the festival Sněz tu žábu, which has presented contemporary Francophone theatrical works for the eighth time in Prague. The main guest of the festival is the French ensemble Compagnie La Boîte à sel, whose work is aimed at the youngest audience from the age of three. Contemporary French theater, music, and children's programs are offered by the eighth annual festival Sněz tu žabu, which takes place from May 24 to 27 at the NoD theater in Prague after a one-year break. It presents several contemporary plays by Francophone authors in their Czech pre...

Sound theater (...) In the meantime, in Prague, the main guest of this 2023 edition is actress and director Céline Garnavault, co-director of the Bordeaux company La Boîte à Sel. While it is aimed at all audiences, her production "Block" is specifically adapted for a young audience, from the age of three. "The show 'Block' comes from the desire to talk about the city in transformation, in constant change. I wanted to tell this phenomenon with wooden cubes and sounds. I asked sound creator Thomas Sillard to work with me. One day, he brought me a small transparent box that l...

Meeting with Céline Garnavault, creator of the company La Boite à sel, which operates in the very unique field of connected object theater and has been working for years to offer intergenerational performances accessible to everyone. Arnaud Laporte speaks with director and puppeteer Céline Garnavault, creator of La Boite à sel, who presents several plays on tour. Among them, BLOCK and TRACK, as well as BAD BLOCK, created at the end of her residency at GLOB in Bordeaux, as well as ANATOMIE and LES INVITÉ.ES.

The human beat box opens new avenues for the little trains in a sound performance at the Théâtre de la Villette in Paris. Track, a show that fascinates from a very young age.Track is a show that breaks the mold. It is a visual and vocal experience that features a giant train circuit and a human beat box musician. This performer makes music with his mouth and moves the wagons, under the eyes of the spectators.Céline Garnavault, director of the show Track, explains the concept to us: “The performer plays throughout the experience with small electric trains and deposits his vo...

TTT - Télérama loves it immensely - "A giant game of electric trains, with tracks, switches, locomotives, level crossings, and barriers… This fascinating railway circuit has everything, which is complemented in this very original show by a live sound creation, produced by the human beatbox Laurent Duprat. Performer-puppeteer, station master, and conductor, he creates a world of loops, both visual and musical: trains that turn, appear, disappear into tunnels, stop, change tracks, all while transporting sound modules (small connected cubes, technological jewels) that allow fo...

A giant electric train circuit that makes music is what the show "Track" offers. Imagined by the Bordeaux company La Boite à sel, it is performed until March 5 at the Théâtre Paris-Villette. Immediate boarding. On this Saturday afternoon, wearing a train conductor's cap and holding a colorful flag, Céline Garnavault welcomes the audience of Track . Artistic director of the company La Boite à Sel , she is the director of the show: “Track is a railway symphony. The idea came from the desire to materialize sound loops, rhythms, to spatialize them, and to take the audience o...

As last year at the same time, the Paris Villette theater is programming the incredible show Track, by the company La Boîte à sel during the school holidays. This object theater show, a true symphony for electric trains, captivates both young and old from start to finish.Rebroadcast of the interview conducted last year with the show's team, Laurent Duprat, performer, Adélaïde Poulard, assistant director, Margaux Robin who takes care of the sound, and Annaëlle Audhui of the lights.

“If Jacques Tati had entered “the railways” rather than La Poste, Jour de fête would have been turned upside down, just think! And this great clown that we adore would surely have taken service in the ranks of the company La Boîte à sel, headlining a charming weekend: the second festival for young audiences organized at the Antre Peaux. Track, a show that crowns three years of work, marks the meeting of the rail and poetry, with here and there a touch of youthful groove like a mix of the frères Jacques and Massive Attack.Everything happens along a circuit where little elect...

“ There is a gift aspect: just imagine the look on your children's faces when they discover the mega electric train circuit from Track. It shines, it’s big, it’s full of colors, it’s fascinating! And here comes the station master, the only one who knows this little world: the small wagons, the big locomotive, the night trains, and even the ghost trains… With his voice, he operates the barriers, replays the whistle, the clattering, the engine, the announcements, the rhythm of the machines, all the railway noise… With a watchful eye, to ensure nothing goes off the rails, he i...