BIZZARIUM AQUARIUM

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.

• Direction, masks, and puppets: South Miller
• Puppet trainer: Jacob Brindamour
• Mechanisms and rigging: Sylvain Longpré
• Construction assistance: Henri Morrissette and Art Miller
• Music: Christian Laflamme

Extraits de presse

“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

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

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

Videos excerpts

• Watch an 8-minute excerpt
  from Bizzarium; Aquarium filmed in Trois-Rivières in 2006