Silence got up this morning,
it came out of me...
and I said " Music"!
...and the melody continues with the presentation of
There once was an old man who loved his old armoire stuffed with freeze-dried food more than anything else in the world. One day strange things begin to happen. A little mouse pays him a visit and music begins to waft from the armoire's shelves
A story on particularities, friendship, on being open to ourselves and to others. A poetic and magical play for children aged 4 to 8 in which the intimate nature of the show favours the connection between the actor and the children.
Playwright Reynald Robinson wrote the story because one of his three children would fall asleep only to rock music. When Robinson asked why music by, say, Chopin wouldn't do for a change, the boy said he didn't want to listen to that music because it made him feel sad. Robinson told his son that emotions of all types are good.
Writing this play, the author has wanted to communicate to children the importance of listening to our emotions, of identifying them, accepting them and expressing them.
Since its creation in 1993, The Man, Chopin and the Long Winter, has toured extensively in Quebec and in France resulting in some 265 performances of its original French version entitled L'homme, Chopin et le petit tas de bois. After being adapted in English and road tested in various theatres, The Man, Chopin and the Long Winter received excellent revues at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts in Montreal during the Artapalooza Arts Festival for Kids and Teens in February 2003.
Directed by: Michel Nadeau
Show length: 50 minutes
Cast size: 2