Manitoba #1
June 2024 – ESNAM 13
Carte Blanche ESNAM 13, graduation project for the 3rd year of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette
Adapted from the play Manitoba by Romane Nicolas (éditions :esse que)
To escape the police, two young women flee into a vast primeval forest in Manitoba, Canada, armed only with a survival manual, a few weapons and their deep desire to (over)live. Inspired by real events, the play plays with genre codes and humor, propelling us into the land of Absurdity. This side-step into this foreign, raw forest, neither good nor bad, upsets the runaways. It’s a forced adaptation, a life that burns so brightly that in the end all that’s left is the land that breathes and makes its name ring out: Manitoba. Tragi-comedy in Technicolor!
Stage director: Marina de Munck
Assistant stage director: Gwenaelle Guillebot de Nerville
Performers: Kahina Abderrahmani, Marina de Munck, Julie Gouverne, Luana Montabonel, Maxence Moulin et Gwenaelle Guillebot de Nerville
Design, manufacture of mechanism and structure: GROC
Set design and puppets: Maxence Moulin (Inspiré par le travail d’Eva Jospin)
Sound: Marina de Munck
Costumes: Gwenaelle Guillebot de Nerville
Lighting design: Marina de Munck et Thomas Rousseau
Thanks to Manuel Dias, Marcel Ebbers (music) and Julien Roy (outside view)
With the support of La Main Tenant
Video production: Stéphane Nota