Le Chien - Les Contes du chat perché ・ Comédie-Française

Delphine and Marinette are back! Véronique Vella previously staged the characters in collaboration with Raphaëlle Saudinos, in two shows where they met the famous Wolf, then the Deer, legendary animals of the forest and symbols of transgression and freedom.

At the time, they met the famous Wolf, then the Deer, legendary animals of the forest and symbols of transgression and freedom. In this third part of their triptych devoted to the Contes du chat perché (Tales of the Perched Cat), the girls have grown up and are old enough to do the shopping on their own. On their way back, they meet a dog, man’s best friend... In this world, animals can talk, and this scruffy and gruff Blind Dog is a particularly good talker. He moves Delphine and Marinette with his sad tale: he agreed to take on his master’s blindness, but the mean master abandoned him as soon as he had regained his sight. The girls firmly resist the Dog’s attempts to talk them into feeding him the round filet of veal he sniffs in their basket; however, they offer to take him in, which their parents accept. The Cat soon becomes the Dog’s best friend, but as he is a touch jealous, he sometimes claws his mistresses. Feeling unloved after being admonished by the Dog, he offers to take on the latter’s blindness...
From one adventure to the next, the directors unfold a world on stage about the complexities of love, fidelity and free choice, and the lost illusions that allow us to grow. They are fond of a theatre where music and songs are naturally in tune with the dialogues. For this play, they are reunited with many collaborators from the first two productions. Today, Delphine and Marinette are out in the open air, in the farmyard with its path leading into the distance, between the Cat’s attic shelter and the fields, full of energy as they approach the cusp of adult life.

This show premiered on March 23, 2023 at the Studio-Théâtre.
Family-friendly, for viewers aged 7+

Creative team

Direction: Raphaëlle Saudinos et Véronique Vella
Scenography : Éric Ruf
Costumes: Siegrid Petit-Imbert
Lights: Denis Koransky
Graphic animation: Anne Kessler
Original music: Vincent Leterme
Additionnal verses : Raphaëlle Saudinos
Sound: Jean-Luc Ristord
Assistant director: Robin Ormond
Scenography assistant: Adèle Collé

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