Presented as part of the Outremont borough’s cultural activities program.
Open a book and a whole world unfolds!
Let yourself be swept away by L’arrivée des opossums, a sumptuous, giant pop-up book where every page reveals a new world. Follow Zsófi the possum and her little ones, forced to migrate north on a journey as harrowing as it is uplifting. Through bitter cold and moments of solidarity, their journey unfolds into a delicate fable about adaptation, hospitality, and facing the unknown.
Combining storytelling and puppetry, this sensitive and poetic show invites the whole family to reflect on how we welcome newcomers when they arrive somewhere for the very first time.
In case of rain, the performance will take place in the Saint-Viateur pavilion.
Running time: 30 minutes
Techniques: Paper theatre and rod marionette
Audience: All audiences, 3 years +
In French
Video
Company
Évelyne Pépin is an illustrator and multidisciplinary artist. Her practice combines drawing, storytelling, puppetry, and social art. Her surrealist world explores the links between the private and the collective, with empathy as the common thread.
Mélina Kerhoas specializes in shadow theatre and puppetry. She holds a degree from the graduate program in contemporary puppet theatre at UQAM (DESS, 2021). She creates and performs with both small and large puppets, working under the name Subvertige as well as for various companies.
Credits
Performance: Mélina Kerhoas and Évelyne Pépin
Stage direction: Mélina Kerhoas
Story: Keenan Poloncsak
Scenography: Évelyne Pépin
Puppets: Mélina Kerhoas
Music: Adam Brousseau
Outside eye: Charly Mullot
Acknowledgments: Association québécoise des marionnettistes. (AQM), La Rubrique, Conseil des arts de Montréal, Québec government, Coop Paradis, and Coop Raquette.
