NoVa – A new production by Les Foutoukours !
World premiere : August 1st, 2024 at the Edinburgh Fringe in partnership with Assembly.
Target audience : Schoolchildren, Families, General public
Discover the show
Set in a mysterious place filled with flickering candles and stacks of books, acrobatic clowns weave the story of life in an adventure filled with emotion and hope.
Between enveloping glows and icy smoke, the acrobats seek to preserve the essence of life.
Through an innovative blend of acrobatic clowning, the show celebrates laughter, hope and perseverance.
The audience is left with a sense of wonder and an important reminder that even in the darkest moments, there is always light to be found.
Idea behind the new creation: NoVa
The project took shape in 2021 thanks to clowning and acrobatic research workshops with various artists. The theme is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of the Little Match Girl, a rather tragic tale where the company intends to bring out the light, a glimmer of hope.
The show features two acrobatic clowns who meet. Without ever using words, they manage to communicate with each other.
The creative team wanted to work in a universe without references, a universe that doesn’t give us the answer to where we are.
A set made up simply of candles, books and blocks of rock that can build and deconstruct images as the story unfolds.
With this production, the company takes the opportunity to pass on all its accumulated artistic experience to a new generation of artists. A new duo, new skills that can be integrated into the world of Foutoukours.
NoVa’s creative team
CLOWN ARTISTS : Joaquim Verrier & Emma Verhaeghe
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CIRCUS DIRECTOR : Rémi Jacques
MUSICAL DIRECTOR : Jean-Félix Bélanger
MUSICAL CONCEPTOR : Jasmin Boivin
LIGHTING DESIGNER : Ève Pilon-Senterre
SET DESIGN AND PATINA: Rémi Jacques
SET MAKING: Damien Boudreau & Carl Vincent
CANDLE CONCEPTOR : William Couture
ACROBATIC COACH : Adrien Malette Chenier
Residency and creation partners
