Mise en  scène :
Karen Bourre and
Julien Lanaud

Artist direction:
Markus Schmidt

Pebble handling and hula hoop training :
Karen Bourre

Illuminations, tumultuous winds and seasoning :
Julien Lanaud

Set Design :
Eclectik Scèno

The edge of the world as stage, as playground.
Precariously balanced, a round track 3 m in diameter, resting on a levitating pebble,
this is our end of the world, an open door to dreams.

Somewhere, at the edge of the end of the world, there's a levitating pebble, a light, zany, aerial parallel world where time is suspended... A tiny rock inhabited by a half-man, half-pebble, a sort of solitary troglodyte whose quiet existence is about to be turned upside down by the arrival of a curious newcomer
by the arrival of a curious traveler. An adventuress with soles of wind who carries the circus within her.
How will these two characters learn to tame each other?

A fantastic circus made up of circus feats and magical odds and ends, a great trip for the whole family that inspires freedom and awakens a taste for encounters.
A zany universe where gravity is decidedly not the same

All audiences, including centenarians

Duration :
- 55 min from age 6 (CP)
- 35 min for kindergarten

Minimum stage space :
opening 7 m, depth 5 m, height 4 m

Technically, 2 forms are available:
for theater or non-equipped hall

Touring crew :
2 people

PRESS RELEASE

"Le Plus Petit Cirk Du Bord Du Bout Du Monde", a show full of invention and creativity. Two completely eccentric protagonists seek and avoid each other between juggling, illusion, imagery and magic... somewhere on a planet where Saint-Exupéry's Little Prince might, unsurprisingly, cross paths...
MAGMA Magazine - 2016

"Petit Cirk", a huge success.
[...] This afternoon, the stands were packed with over 200 schoolchildren who came to discover Compagnie Opopop's show. [...] Spectators are literally drawn into their poetic, offbeat universe[...].
Vosges Matin - 2019

Take your children to another world, without leaving the region, at the Cirque-Théâtre d'Elbeuf.
[...] A circus filled with extraordinary little nothings and ordinary feats accomplished by the duo in their permanent quest for stability in this suspended space.
A superb show without wordsdedicated to children, it plays with shapes, trompe l'œil and juggling. A minimalist, fantastic circus that inspires freedom, the desire for encounters and the need to preserve our planet's priceless ecosystem.
La Dépèche - 2019

The smallest Cirk du bord du bout du Monde enchants schoolchildren on the Ernest Lambert stage in Châtenois.
Vosges Matin - 2020

Homécourt: can dreams help us live on the edge of the world?
[...]This fantastic circus show is particularly well-suited to the imaginations of children (and their parents). Without words, based on a visual and physical approach to the stage, it mixes circus feats, magic and technical bric-a-brac, in a strange and extravagant universe. Juggling in the service of storytelling is enhanced by lighting and finely-crafted music, giving this rock-side circus a poetic edge. [...] A universe where gravity is decidedly not the same.
Républicain Lorrain - 2018

PAST DATES

To date, "Le plus Petit Cirk du Bord du Bout du monde" has been performed 222 times by :

Pôle National des Arts du Cirque - Elbeuf (76), Espace des Arts, Scène Nationale - Chalon sur Saône (71), Festival Copenhague - Danemark, Scène conventionnée jeunesse - Homécourt (54), Espace Michel Simon - Noisy le Grand (93), Festival Au bonheur des mômes - Le grand Bornand (74), Pôles en Scènes - Bron (69), Théâtre des Bergeries - Noisy le sec (93), Maison des arts du léman - Thonon les Bains (74), Maison des arts de Laon (02), Festival Franco Allemand - Scène nationale de Forbach (57), La Conserverie - Saint Gilles Croix de vie (85), Maison de la Culture - Gauchy (02), Théâtre de Sélestat (67), Théâtre de Saumur (49), MJC de Guipry Messac (35), Le Val'Rhonne - Moncé en Belin (72), Le Briscope - Brignais (69), Le Carré Blanc - Tinqueux (51), Théatre de Thouars (79), Cinéma Pax de Tiercé (49), Centre Social - Annecy (73), l' Arc en Ciel - Liévin (62), Center Culturel - Chauny (45) Salle du Parc - Ribeauvillé (68), Centre Culturel La Passerelle - Fleury les Aubrais (45) Festival - Verneuil sur Avre (27), Théâtre de Morteau (25), Théâtre de Vernon (62), Festival Malices au Pays - (72), Le Carroi - La Flèche (72), Théâtre du Garde Chasse - Les Lilas (93), Espace Saugonna - Mamers (72), Maison de la Culture - Gauchy (02), La Scène - Chatenois (88), l'Escal - Witry les Reims (51), Festival Malices au Pays - (72) Festival Tintamars - Langres (52), Festivals Les monts d'Aunay (14), Scène Conventionnée d'Auxerre (89), Le Toboggan - Décines (69), Théâtre Juliobona - Lillebonne (76), Théâtre des Feuillants - Dijon (21), Festival jeune public de Petite Forêt (59), Festival A pas Contés - Dijon (21), Festival Machabulles - Vitry le François (51), Maison de la Culture - Nevers (58), Festival Graines de mai - Yzeure (03), Festival Ideklic - Moirans en montagne (39), Théâtre du Pilier - Giromagny (70), Conservatoire de Joigny (89), Théâtre de Beaune (21), Chauffailles (71), Gueugnon (71), Le C2 - Torcy (71), ECLA - Saint Vallier (71), Luzy (58), Digoin (71), Couches (71), Frouard (54), Théâtre Gaston Bernard - Chatillon sur Seine (21), Marsannay la Côte (21), Le Réservoir - Saint Marcel (71), Le Manège - Vienne (38), Theâtre de saint Malo (35), Les Allos - Cluses (74), Turkheim (68), La Sucrerie - Coulommiers (77).....
Creation at Théâtre Mansart - Dijon (21)