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NORMAN c'est comme normal, à une lettre près
/ Young audience theater · 7 - 12 yo · 45'
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Norman is a fairly ordinary 7-year-old boy, but he likes to wear dresses. In the garden, the more it spins, the more it flies, the nicer it is. One day, he receives permission to go to school in a robe...
Direction and choreography Clément Thirion Writing and dramaturgy Marie Henry Interpretation Antoine Cogniaux , Deborah Marchal, Quentin Chaveriat alternating with Clément Thirion Role creation of Norman Lylybeth Merle Scenography and costumes Katrijn Baeten and Saskia Louwaard Light creation Gaspar Schelck Sound creation Thomas Turine Classical dance Maria Clara Villa Lobos Technical direction Gaspar Schelck Technical support (alternating) Galatée Bardey / Gildas Celeste / Emmanuelle Chardonnet / Margaux Fontaine / Chams Madec / Rodolphe Maquet / Maxime Meulemans / Fred Postiau / Dalain Randrimanjava / Gaspar Schelck Photos Hichem Dahes et Anoek Luyten Photos Anoek Luyten and Hichem Dahes Development,
communication and distribution BLOOM Project
Production kosmocompany Co-production Mars - Mons arts de la scène, Pierre de Lune, Brussels, Charleroi Danse, La Coop asbl With the help of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation - Theater Department and WBTD With the support of Wallonie-Bruxelles International, La Montagne Magique, Shelterprod, Taxshelter.be, ING, Tax-Shelter of the Belgian federal government
The show NORMAN c'est comme normal, à une lettre près is available in two versions : Original version and Light version.
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This show was created in November 2021 at Mars - Mons arts de la scène.
Clément Thirion is a partner artist of Théâtre Varia.
Norman is a fairly run-of-the-mill 7-year-old boy, but he likes to wear dresses. In the garden, the more he whirls, the more it flies, the more owl it is. One day, he receives the authorization to go to school in a robe… School trips will then no longer be quite ordinary and will turn into an abyssal descent in we do not know what and that is why we say a descent into hell, because in the hell box you can put everything.
Through the anecdote of clothing, NORMAN it's like normal, except for one letter joyfully questions the relationship to the norm, the acceptance of difference and the cultural codes of gender. Never didactic, even less moralising, the show favours humour, dance, wordplay and narration.
A colourful ode to the freedom to be who you are.
NORMAN it's normal, except for one letter is a creation for children and the whole family, according to the show PINK BOYS & OLD LADIES, rewritten by Marie Henry and directed by Clément Thirion.
The timid chuckles at the beginning (…) quickly give way to genuine, encouraging laughter, to heartfelt applause, leading up to the finale, where the madness on stage—this desire to be unapologetically oneself—is more than contagious.
A rare and fabulous theatrical moment.
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