A King without an Answer

 

Name of the show: A King without an Answer

Country: France

Company: Compagnie XouY

Playwright & Director: Jean-Baptiste Puech

Designers: Jean-Baptiste Puech, Robert Hatisi, Luc Pages

Puppeteers: Robert Hatisi, Erwan Courtioux

Actors: Erwan Courtioux

Composer: Patrice Rabillé

Technique: Micro Theater

Audience: All Ages Starting 6

Duration: 45 minutes

Plot Summary: The king of the most beautiful country in the world has one year to answer to the question : « What do women desire most, above all else ? » If he doesn’t find the answer within a year to the day he will die and his country with him.

Director’s Note: Everything we are interested in is the cultural exchange. We are performing this play for the first time in Farsi and sign language after a few days of rehearsal in Tehran. The play is mixing various arts:  live-video, shadow, puppets, music, paintings, dance...