Bout à Bout

2016

On tour

Synopsis

A little length of rope pulls itself free from a tangled heap and begins to come alive. A second follows, then another… With tenderness and humour, family life and human relationships unfold in simple tableaux drawn in lines of rope.

Audience, capacity and running time

For everyone aged 3 and over
Capacity: 90 spectators (family and school performances)
Running time: 35 minutes, plus 10 to 15 minutes for the audience to settle in. Two performances per day.

Cast and creative team

SCRIPT, DIRECTION AND PUPPET DESIGN

Marina MONTEFUSCO in close collaboration with Erwan COSTADAU and Magali ESTEBAN.

LIGHTING DESIGN AND OPERATION

Erwan COSTADAU

SIX-HANDED PUPPETRY

Erwan COSTADAU, Magali ESTEBAN and Marina MONTEFUSCO

ORIGINAL MUSIC AND RECORDING

Laurent ROCHELLE

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Blandine ROZÉ for the choir song, Isabelle PLOYET for her outside eye and Gilles MARCHESIN for his contribution to our research.

PUBLICITY GRAPHIC DESIGN

Pascal PARISELLE

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT, GENERAL STAGE MANAGEMENT AND TOUR COORDINATION

Hervé BILLERIT

TEXTILE COMPONENTS

Isa GARCIA

STRUCTURAL CONSTRUCTION

Alain FAUBERT

Our partners

Funding agreements

French Ministry of Culture / DRAC Occitanie, Occitanie Region, City of Toulouse and City of Venerque.

Supported by

City of Toulouse and Haute-Garonne Departmental Council.

Our partners

Centre Culturel de Ramonville, Centre Culturel Odyssud in Blagnac, Festival Festi’mômes in Questembert, Festival Marionnettissimo, Espace Job in Toulouse, City of Castres, MJC de Rodez, Festival Méli Mélo in Canéjan and La Cigalière in Sérignan.