BIZZARIUM AQUARIUM

LES SAGES FOUS

The little HMS Bizzarium scours the seven seas in search of chimeras and other aquatic creatures in their natural habitat.

The streets turn into canals, and a fjord forms between the buildings. An old man on a bench becomes a marine mammal on the shore. As the boat rocks on the waves of the asphalt, a school of fish wriggles in its wake. The two explorers dive into the depths of an abyssal jar.

Dreamlike archaeology in an underwater city. Intoxicated by the depths, they discover the wreck of their own ship.

The mission order is clear. Discover the creatures that lurk beneath our dreams. Capture the treasures of the unknown. Survive to tell the tale.

PRESS EXCERPTS
TOUR DATES
PRESS CLIPPINGS (PDF)
TECHNICAL RIDER (PDF)

Direction, masks, and puppets: South Miller

Puppet master: Jacob Brindamour

Mechanisms and patents: Sylvain Longpré

Construction assistance: Henri Morrissette and Art Miller

Music: Christian Laflamme

“Without words, surprising, provoking laughter and fear, the performances of Les Sages Fous bring to life the most fantastical creatures of our imagination.”

– Isabelle Porter, Le Devoir, Montréal, Québec, 2005

“…of rare beauty and skill, combining street performance with puppet theater, while reviving the cabinet of curiosities, which mixes the incongruous with the trivial, the domestic with the marvelous…”

– Ludovic Fouquet, Centre National des Arts du, Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 2006

AWARDS AND MENTIONS

Jury Prize
39th International Puppet Theater Festival PIF
Zagreb, Croatia, 2006

Performing Arts / Creation Award
Arts Excellence Award,
Culture Mauricie, Quebec, 2006

TOUR DATES

BIZZARIUM: AQUARIUM was part of the official selection
at 84 international festivals in 24 countries, including:

Puppets in the Green Mountains, Vermont, United States
FETA Festival – Gdansk, Poland
Macao Arts Festival – Macao, China
Materinka Festival – Liberec, Czech Republic
la Fira de Tàrrega – Tàrrega, Spain
Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes – Charleville-Mézières, France
La Strada – Graz, Austria
International Festival of Puppetry Art – Bielsko-Biala, Poland
Mimos – Périgueux, France
Festival RenaissanceS – Bar-le-Duc, France
Mooi Weer Spelen – Delft, Netherlands
Les trois jours de Casteliers – Montreal, Quebec
Festival Petits Bonheurs, Montreal, Quebec
Festival Zones Théâtrales (National Arts Centre), Ottawa, Canada

Between 2006 and 2008,
Bizzarium was the most widely performed Quebec theater production around the world, according to the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littérature et la culture québécoises (CRILCQ) in Le théâtre québécois hors Québec.

May 2010
Petits Bonheurs, Jardin Botanique, Montréal, Québec
May 2010
Petits Bonheurs, Sherbrooke, Québec
July to September 2009
Parcours de l’imaginaire, Rue des Ursulines – Trois-Rivières, Qc
August 2009
Festival de musique du bout du monde – Gaspé, Québec
August 2009
PuppetsUp! Puppet Festival – Almonte, Ontario
July 2009
Champlain Burlington International Waterfront Festival – Burlington,VT, USA
June 2009
Festival de théâtre de rue de Lachine – Lachine, Québec
May 2009
Petits Bonheurs, Montréal, Québec
March 2009
Les trois jours de Casteliers – Montréal, Québec
Septembre 2008
Maison de la culture Rivières-des-Prairies – Montréal, Canada
Septembre 2008
Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles – Montréal, Canada
September 2008
Puppets in the Green Mountains – Brattleboro, VT, USA
September 2008
Manigances – Jonquière, Canada
August 2008
Festival du Parc Pasteur – Orléans, France
August 2008
La Déferlante – Saint-Gilles Croix de vie, France
August 2008
La Déferlante – Saint-Hilaire de Riez, France
August 2008
Izegem Zomert – Izegem, Belgium
August 2008
La Déferlante – Notre-Dame des Monts, France
August 2008
La Déferlante – Barbâtre, France
August 2008
Festival HAASte Töne – Eupen, Belgium
August 2008
Street Art Festival – Porec, Croatia
August 2008
Sommerwerft Theater Festival – Frankfurt, Germany
August 2008
ZadArsnova – Zadar, Croatia
August 2008
Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Teatrów Ulicznych – Jelenia Góra, Poland
August 2008
Viathea – Gorlitz, Germany
July 2008
MASZK Thealter International 2008. Szeged, Hungary
July 2008
Kulturufer Festival – Friedrichshafen, Germany
July 2008
FETA Festival – Starogard, Poland
July 2008
FETA Festival – Gdansk, Poland
July 2008
Festival internacional de teatro de calle de Lekeitio – Lekeitio, Spain
July 2008
Ana Desetnica Festival – Sostanj, Slovenia
July 2008
Lent Festival Festival – Maribor, Slovenia
July 2008
Ana Desetnica Festival – Ljubljana, Slovenia
July 2008
Rudi Poterpuski Festival Festival – Novo Mesto, Slovenia
July 2008
Ana Desetnica Festival – Ljubljana, Slovenia
July 2008
Carniola Festival – Kranj, Slovénie
June 2008
Festival Internazionale di Teatro di Strada – Chieri, Italy
May 2008
Macao Arts Festival – Macao, China
October 2007
Internatjonale Figurteaterfestivalen – Kristiansand, Norway
September 2007
Festival Internacional de Titelles – Castellon, Espagne
September 2007
International Puppetry Festival – Witham, England
September 2007
Girovagando – festival internazionale di arte in strada- Sassari, Sardinia (Italy)
September 2007
Sogni a spazi aperti – festival internazionale itinerante di arte in strada- Region de la Marmilla, Sardinia (Italy)
September 2007
Speldag Festival – Leuven, Belgium
September 2007
International Puppetry Festival – Witham, England
August 2007
Sotto un mare di stelle – arte in strada tra Siniscola e Posada- Siniscola et Posada, Sardinia (Italy)
August 2007
Impuls – Theaterfest im Stadtgarten – Dornbirn, Austria
August 2007
Renc’Arts à Pornichet – Pornichet, France
August 2007
Street A(rt)nimation – Luxembourg
August 2007
Internationalen Gaukler und Kleinkunstfestival – Koblenz, Germany
August 2007
Zomerparkfeest – Venlo, Netherlands
July 2007
Kleines Fest im Grossen Garten – Hannover, Germany
July 2007
Internationaal Lachtfestival – Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium
July 2007
Straattheaterfestival BuitenGewoon – Doetinchem, Netherlands
July 2007
Festival de l’Oh ! – Créteil, France
June 2007
Internationales Figurenfestival PannOpticum – Neusiedl am See, Austria
June 2007
Materinka Festival – Liberec, Rép. Tchèque
June 2007
Scènes vagabondes (Théâtre de la Licorne) – Marquise, France
June 2007
TIBA Festival – Belgrade, Serbia
September 2006
Festival Mondial des Théâtres de marionnettes – Charleville-Mézières, Fr
September 2006
PIF Festival – Zagreb, Croatia
September 2006
Festival EnClave de Calle – Burgos, Spain
September 2006
Fira de Tàrrega – Tàrrega, Spain
August 2006
Il Castello Incantato – Locarno, Switzerland
August 2006
Kunstanimatie – Wenduine, Belgium
August 2006
Festival en Bastides – Villefranche de Rouergue, France
August 2006
Boulevard Festival – Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
August 2006
Mimos – Périgueux, France
August 2006
De Kleinste Steeple 2006, Waregem, Belgium
August 2006
Au Bonheur des mômes – Grand-Bornand, France
July 2006
La Strada – Graz, Autriche
July 2006
Puppetbuskerfestival – Gent, Belgium
July 2006
Festival de la marionnette – Dives-sur-Mer, France
July 2006
PAM Ename Museum – Oudenarde, Belgium
July 2006
Zomer 2006 – Menen, Belgique
July 2006
Straatfestival – Vlissingen, Netherlands
July 2006
Z’accros d’ma rue – Nevers, France
July 2006
Festival renaissanceS – Bar-le-Duc, France
July 2006
Galway Arts Festival – Galway, Irlande
June 2006
Internationaal Poppentheater Festival – Dordrecht, Netherlands
June 2006
International Festival of Puppetry Art – Bielsko-Biala, Poland
June 2006
Hengelo op Straat – Hengelo, Netherlands
June 2006
Mooi Weer Spelen – Delft, Pays-Bas
June2006
Sinksenfeesten – Courtrai, Belgique
May 2006
Festivalul International de Teatru de la Sibiu – Sibiu, Roumania
May 2006
International Festival of Puppetry Art – Bielsko-Biala, Poland
April 2006
Parc portuaire de Trois-Rivières – Québec