“The Librarian”

Le Gros Orteil, a company from Quebec, Canada that creates many unique family-friendly performances that combine clowning, physical theater, and circus art, will make its long-awaited first visit to Japan.

Le Gros Orteil presents works one after another based on circus art and utilizing advanced techniques, based on themes that stir the audience's imagination such as "journey" and "dreams." It attracts many audiences from children to adults at theaters, schools, festivals, etc. all over the country.

In "The Librarian", the main character, who loves reading, uses fun performances such as acrobatics, juggling, breakdancing, and beatboxing to explore the world depicted in the books he holds, from tales of distant countries to love stories and suspense. It will take you on an adventure. Please come to the theater to experience the endless adventures of a librarian surrounded by books.

An art farm is a place where various arts are born, grow, bloom, and bear fruit. It is a place where you can come into contact with many forms of art through performances and workshops such as theater, dance, music, circus, rakugo, fashion, and contemporary art. We will hold a variety of events where a variety of people can gather and have fun regardless of the boundaries between children and adults. The theater's summer season becomes a veritable "farm" filled with art.

Directed by Marie-Hélène D'amours

Marie-Hélène D’Amours grew up in Montréal, Canada. After studying theater at the Université du Québec in Montreal and circus at the École de Cirque de Québec, he founded Le Cirque en Rail, a company specializing in aerials. She trained as a clown from 2001 to 2003. After that, he appeared in circuses and musicals mainly in French-speaking Europe, and also held circus workshops around the world. In 2013, he founded Le Gros Orteil in Montreal to perform for a young audience.

Cast｜Hippolyte

After studying drama at a French high school for four years, he began working as a street performer in New Zealand, Australia, France, Quebec, and other parts of the world.
Over the next few years, he trained in acrobatics, breakdance, Chinese pole, etc. Since then, he has been active as a physical performer in many companies including Le Gros Orteil.

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