Pekee-nuee-nuee

Premiered in May 2011 at the Festival Excentrique

Shadow and music theatre
all ages (4 years and older)

Amid the darkness, a mysterious box lights up and a machine comes to life. An explorer, a fisherman and a musician set off across the ocean, each driven by an uncertain quest — their destinies converging in the mysterious depths of the unknown.

Their adventures play out in the form of shadow theatre, where a luminous underbelly becomes the stage for a series of metamorphoses, reflections and moments of lucidity. Pekee-nuee-nuee is a dreamy musical performance in which each scene reveals a fragile tableau vivant, a real world in black and white whose countless colours can only be revealed through the magic of imagination.

Idea and design: Les ombres portées

Manipulation and lights: 3 puppeteers
Damien Daufresne, Erol Gülgönen, Florence Kormann

Music: 2 musicians playing live
Séline Gülgönen (clarinets, sound effects), Simon Plane (trumpet, accordion, percussion, sound effects)

Distribution: Christelle Lechat

With help from Julien Brachet, Léonard Cohen, Alexandre Desenfant, Yannick Giaume, Maud Hufnagel, Catherine Launay, Marion Lefebvre, Grégoire Martin, Matthieu Mounier, Clémence Passot, Céline Schmitt, Sarah Sekaly

A special mention to Olivier Cueto, who performed this show with us from its creation in 2011 until his passing in March 2020.

Espace Périphérique, Mairie de Paris - Parc de la Villette • Ramdam, Lyon • Théâtre de l’Epée de Bois, Paris • Théâtre du Soleil, Paris • L’Abattoir, Chalon-sur-Saône • L’Avant Rue, Paris • Le Meubles, Paris

Aide et Prix Paris Jeunes Talents 2011, Spectacle vivant • Aide à la diffusion, Ville de Paris

Production costs available upon request