From 20/03/2026
Mons La Girafe - Table puppets-mask-objects
As part of the Méliscènes Festival
With Kharkiv V. A. Afanasyev State Academic Puppet
From age 10,
Mons la girafe is a poignant show that recounts the life of a giraffe that escaped from the Kharkiv zoo during the Second World War, as seen through the eyes of a child. This delicate work links the horrors of the past with those of the present conflict, tackling fear and loneliness without traumatizing.
Created in the midst of the war in Ukraine, this creation becomes an act of resistance. The puppets and sets made of wood and metal evoke the ruins of Kharkiv and its devastated buildings. While war is at the heart of the story, emotion does not exclude tenderness and humor. Without ever lapsing into hatred or pathos in the face of a war that unfortunately remains topical, the Ukrainian artists breathe light, poetry and hope into the story.
Performed by a company from Kharkiv in Ukraine, and welcomed in France for an exceptional 6-city tour, Mons la girafe is a poetic fable, a show full of hope, which sensitively engages in a conversation about the unfathomable solitudes of war.
Performed in Ukrainian with French surtitles.
Followed by an opportunity to meet the artists
With Kharkiv V. A. Afanasyev State Academic Puppet
From age 10,
Mons la girafe is a poignant show that recounts the life of a giraffe that escaped from the Kharkiv zoo during the Second World War, as seen through the eyes of a child. This delicate work links the horrors of the past with those of the present conflict, tackling fear and loneliness without traumatizing.
Created in the midst of the war in Ukraine, this creation becomes an act of resistance. The puppets and sets made of wood and metal evoke the ruins of Kharkiv and its devastated buildings. While war is at the heart of the story, emotion does not exclude tenderness and humor. Without ever lapsing into hatred or pathos in the face of a war that unfortunately remains topical, the Ukrainian artists breathe light, poetry and hope into the story.
Performed by a company from Kharkiv in Ukraine, and welcomed in France for an exceptional 6-city tour, Mons la girafe is a poetic fable, a show full of hope, which sensitively engages in a conversation about the unfathomable solitudes of war.
Performed in Ukrainian with French surtitles.
Followed by an opportunity to meet the artists
Opening times
On 20/03/2026
from 19:00
to 19:45
On 21/03/2026
from 19:00
to 19:45
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100 place du Gohlérez
56400 Auray
56400 Auray
Input
Paying
Disabled access
Accessible to people with reduced mobility
Spoken languages
French