Press Review

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...

Despite its closure, the Scène nationale Carré-Colonnes remains a land of creation for artists... Behind closed doors, something can be heard. Music, footsteps, laughter, the sound of a train? Despite its closure, the Scène nationale Carré Colonne, which still offers an alternative program - between home shows or outdoor performances - continues to resonate with the rhythm of creation. Regularly, the Carré-Colonnes indeed welcomes artists who take over its stages to rehearse or work in secret on their next creation...Thus, from January 25 to 29, the company Cie La Boîte à s...

The company La Boîte à sel (Céline Garnavault / Thomas Sillard) has launched two new projects, one of which is aimed at everyone from the age of three.In a few months, in October, the company La Boîte à sel will celebrate its twentieth anniversary. Already. For two years now, its show Block has been touring almost all the stages of France. Aimed at all audiences from the age of three, it can be considered one of the great successes of recent seasons. Following the lockdown, the team was able to return to the stages and work on its future projects. The blocks designed by Tho...