Cie Surprise-lumière

Three friends are taking a walk in the woods. They are observing the landscape around them when all of a sudden an animal catches their eye. An extraordinary encounter which changes everything. Or at least this is what we can assume from what we are hearing, because except for the three people in front of us, the stage is empty, and everything is left to the spectator and their imagination. Soon, spoken word gives way to new meanings. Inspired by long walks off the hiking trail in the gorges du Doubs and by the songs that were composed then, Cadeau, is a singular piece because of its sound design and its approach to staging. Meaning emerges from the gap between what we hear and what we see, the performer’s startled and clownish presence, as well as the silent gestures which orchestrate their relations and the songs. The piece raises questions about society and ecology between the lines; what if, beyond its slightly slapstick comic dimension, Cadeau was in fact more political than it seems at first?