Méandre (The Collective)
How I Learned to Fish
A Fable of Sand in a Capricious Climate
Capacity: 3
- Object Theater / Puppetry
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Inside a trailer, a forest grows, sheltering two sisters and their cabin. They tell the story of their people facing rising waters, one drawing in the sand, the other reading the drawings aloud. This new production, the second episode of *On boira toute l’eau du ciel*, focuses this time on the community’s survival and adaptation. By gently addressing environmental issues through a timeless narrative and positioning the act of invention as a necessity, it restores a glimmer of hope in our troubling global political climate. Moving drawings in the sand to tell the story, a narrator to give voice to a people, and a spatialized soundscape: *How I Learned to Fish* is a striking immersive experience from which the audience does not emerge quite the same.
A forest grows inside a caravan, sheltering two sisters and their cabin. They tell the story of their people facing rising waters: one draws in the sand, the other gives voice to these images. This new creation, the second chapter of "On boira toute l’eau du ciel," focuses on the survival and adaptation of a community. Through a timeless narrative, it addresses environmental issues with gentleness, positioning the act of invention as a necessity, and rekindling a sense of hope in today’s troubling global political context. “Comment j’ai appris à pêcher” unfolds as a striking immersive experience, from which the audience does not emerge quite the same, through the use of drawings in the sand, a narrator who serves as the voice of a people, and a spatialized sound composition.
La Méandre Company
1 Denis Papin Street, 71100 Chalon-sur-Saône
Phone: +33 7 67 91 28 11
https://lameandre.org/
collectif.lameandre@gmail.com
How I Learned to Fish
Artistic Direction: Anaïs Blanchard / Project Concept: Anaïs Blanchard & Anne-Chloé Jusseau / Writer and Dramaturgy: Guilhem Bréard / Performers: Anaïs Blanchard & Clara Decerle or Claire Théodoly / Sound design: Julie Honoré / Set design: Mathieu Fernandez & Alexis Christiaen / External consultant (drawings & sand): Jeanne Franciscus / External consultant (movement & acrobatics): Aedín Walsh / Production, distribution & general supervision: Margaux Dartevelle / Creation of the introductory tour to the show: Mélissa Azé.
SUPPORTED BY: Saône-et-Loire Department.