Before the spectator hangs a giant cuckoo clock from the black forest. Like all fairytales, this one is told like clockwork, literally through a special clock- feerique, crazy, maybe even broken. Hijacked by a band of elves.
The clock displays all of the typical features of the clocks from this mythical region with the exception of a few noteworthy differences.
This clock has an extra hour!
In this frozen time elves can tinker with the affairs of humans in ambivalent ways.
Typically, these clocks house numerous automata and mechanical figurines that depict traditional daily routines from of the people from this region.
In one window is a cobbler's workshop which sets the scene for the tale of The Shoemaker and the Elves.
On the other side, a factory.
There is a servant girl who sweeps out of the house the ordures of the day. She sweeps and sweeps not knowing one day she will become an elf's Godmother...
A mother bird spins her wool into a nest as the story unwinds...
A rabbit outfitted with horns lurks curiously around the clock, he is hunting cuckoo birds.
This clock strikes thirteen.
The elves dance.
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"The waltz of Hommelettes"
Directed by Patrick Sims
Loosely based on the Elves by the Brothers Grimm
Puppets Show
Young audience frrom 6 years old
Patrick Sims : Direction, design, puppets, performance and puppets manipulation
Josephine Biereye : Masks, costumes, puppets
Richard Penny : Puppets, designer, performance and puppets manipulation
Nicolas Hubert : Designer, performance and puppets manipulation
Karine Dumont : Music
Sophie Barraud : Lights and stage manager
With :
Patrick Sims, Richard Penny, Josephine Biereye
Production
Creation 30 septembre 2016 at L’Agora - Commentry (France)
Production : les Antliaclastes
With the support of Ministry of culture and communication – DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / Department of Allier.
Downloads
Presentation pack EN (pdf)
Press review FR (zip)
Poster (zip)
Photos high-resolution (zip)
Ask for the file of production with the Financial Terms
Patrick Sims - The waltz of Hommelettes
Tour dates
• 4 to 8 October 2020 - Bei j ing (Taihu) International Puppet Festival (China)
• 25 & 26 October 2020 - Mainz Festival (Germany)
• 13 to 15 November 2020 - Festival Internacional de Artes Vivas Loja (Ecuador)
• 28 January to 2nd February 2021 - Eleusis 2021, European Capital of Culture (Greece)
• 17 April 2021 - Newcastle Puppetry Festival (England)
• 5 to 11 July 2021 - National Theater of Taiwan - Taipei (Taiwan)
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