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Monsieur Croche

Presentation

“Monsieur Croche” is a show of actors, puppets and masks for children, with Claude Debussy piano music performed live.

In this show, we stage an imaginary dream in which the composer Claude Debussy and his wife, Emma Bardac, travel to a fantastic island. In this charmed place of mermaids, exotic birds, giant insects and other magical beings, the composer finds inspiration to create new music. After this experience, the couple will return to the Paris of the Belle Époque, from where Debussy over the years will spread his music around the world.

With the intention of bringing Debussy’s music closer to children from the age of 3, we have created a show whose central action is the search for freedom in both children and artists, drawing a parallel between the discovery of the world that takes place in infancy and artistic creation. The first impressions that nature awakens in a child are extraordinarily powerful but, unfortunately, over the course of life they fade away, turning infancy into a lost paradise. Only dreams or artists keep us linked to these primitive impressions. That is why we have conceived our show as an artist’s dream.

  • + 3 years
  • 45 minutes
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Artistic team

Direction and dramaturgy

Marc Hervàs

Performers

Clara Dalmau, Jordi Hervàs and Ares Piqué

Pianist

Olga Kobekina

Puppets, objects and costumes

Martí Doy

Scenography

Francesco della Mirandola

Video projections

John Feeney

Lighting design

Nick Hersh

Photography

Dani Querol

Costumes

Indumentària per a l’espectacle, Sastreria Caireta and Gustavo Adolfo Tarí

Executive production

Clara Dalmau

Acknowledgements

Casal de Tous, Escola de Música de Tous, Jordi Massana, Anna Alcubierre, Irene Santos and Festuc Teatre.

Performers

Clara Dalmau

Actress and exectutive producer

Jordi Hervàs

Actor

Ares Piqué

Actress

  • Serenade for the doll (Children’s Corner)
  • Rêverie
  • L’isle Joyeuse, L 106
  • Arabesques, L 66 No. 1
  • Pagodes (Estampes 1)
  • Preludes, Book I, L 117 No.5 “Les collines d’Anacapri”
  • Preludes, Book I, L 117 No.8 “La fille aux cheveux de lin”
  • Arabesques for piano, L. 66: No. 2 in G major
  • Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Children’s Corner)
  • Golliwog’s Cakewalk (Children’s Corner)
  • Suite Bergamasque, L 75 No. 3 “Clair de lune”

Technical rider

Schedule Show - 45 minutes

Set up - 4 hours

Set down - 1 hour

Stage area

Minimum Stage dimensions: 8 m. wide x 6 m. deep x 4 m. high + If it’s possible: a mínimum 8 m. wide x 3m. deep black linnoleum on the stage. The floor of the stage must be dark.

Video

Projector, 5.000 ANSI lumen minimum + VGA or HDMI connectors and cable long enough to reach from the stage to the control booth.

Lighting

6 profiles 1kW 15/30 on bases.6 PC 1Kw + gel frames + barn doors in the frontal bridge. Programmable light console.

Sound

A Grand Piano