Little Queen creation 2024
SPECTACLE
Duration 30 min – all ages 10 and up
Little Queen, a gritty, clownish satire on the clutches of love, stars Edith, a luminous character who innocently recounts her own downfall.
“Following on from The Black Beast, a solo on stage created in 2017, a performance based around contortion and the spine that evokes the inner struggles of a woman marked by her career path, I want to create a second part of a triptych of portraits of circus women.
This piece will combine acrobatic performance on a bicycle and text in an offbeat, zany tone. This portrait will feature Fleuriane Cornet, a graduate of the CNAC in 2020, with whom I hope to continue the work of transmission/insertion begun during the creation of Cycle de l’Absurde by staging the students of the 32nd promotion.”
Raphaëlle Boitel
DATES OF THE SEASON 2025/2026
Little Queen
January 17 and 18, 2026 – Théâtre de Cornouaille, Quimper (29)
Double evening format – two short forms
Diptych : The Black Beast and Little Queen
End of creation/resumption for these two short forms featuring female circus artists. The Black Beast, a solo based on contortion and the spine, evokes the inner struggles of a woman with a scarred body. Little Queen, a gritty, clownish satire on the clutches of love, stars Edith, a luminous character who innocently recounts her own downfall.
October 8, 2025 – L’Escale, Tournefeuille (31)
October 10 and 11, 2025 – Scène nationale du Sud-Aquitain, Bayonne (64)
October 13 and 14, 2025 – Espace d’Albret, Nérac (47)
October 16, 2025 – Théâtre des Quatre Saisons Gradignan (33)
January 9 and 10, 2026 – TANDEM, Scène nationale Arras (62)
January 15, 2026 – Théâtre du Pays de Morlaix (29)
February 10, 2026 – Équinoxe, Scène nationale de Châteauroux (36)
March 3, 2026 – Théâtre de Charleville-Mézières (08)
March 19 and 20, 2026 – La Machinerie Théâtre Vénissieux (69)
March 24 and 25, 2026 – Les Scènes du Golf, Théâtre de Vannes (56)
May 5, 2026 – Le Champ de Foire, Saint André de Cubzac (33)
May 21, 2026 – La Vence Scène, St Égrève (38)
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DISTRIBUTION
Stage direction, choreography Raphaëlle Boitel
Artistic collaboration, lighting Tristan Baudoin
Original music Arthur Bison
Assistant director Vassiliki Rossillion
Stage, sound and lighting manager Thomas Delot
Costumes Sabine Schlemmer
Performer Fleuriane Cornet
Delegated management Julien Couzy
Administration Nicolas Rosset
Production manager Léna Scamps
PRODUCTION & CO-PRODUCTION
Production Cie L’Oublié(e) – Raphaëlle Boitel
Co-production Agora, PNC de Boulazac Isle Manoire ; Théâtre national de Nice – Centre dramatique national de Nice Côte d’Azur ; Scène nationale Carré-Colonnes Bordeaux Métropole ; TANDEM Scène nationale ; Archaos Pôle National Cirque, 2 Pôles Cirque en Normandie / La Brèche à Cherbourg – Cirque-Théâtre d’Elbeuf ; Château-Rouge Annemasse ; Odysca Biscarosse ; Equinoxe – Scène Nationale de Châteauroux.
This project received a writing commission from the Office Artistique de la Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Cie L’Oublié(e) – Raphaëlle Boitel is subsidized by the Ministère de la Culture DRAC – Nouvelle-Aquitaine; subsidized by the Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the Département de la Dordogne and the town of Boulazac Isle Manoire. Raphaëlle Boitel is an associate artist of L’Agora PNC Boulazac Aquitaine and Équinoxe, Scène nationale de Châteauroux.
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