By James Thierrée
Compagnie du Hanneton
Trapped in a dank subterranean world, two restless siblings are surrounded by the stuff of childhood nightmare: a grimy aquarium, a dusty piano, and a glowing, semi-animate surveillance apparatus. Under the watchful gaze of an amphibian captor—performed by songstress Ofélie Crispin—they and four acrobatic performers tumble and climb through their dingy digs with astonishing control. Beautifully blurring the silly and the sublime, La grenouille avait raison (The Toad Knew) is an ode to familial love that could only have sprung from the sublimely wicked imagination of James Thierrée (Tabac Rouge, 2015 Next Wave; Raoul, 2010 Next Wave).
Set design and original music by James Thierrée
Sound design by Thomas Delot
Lighting design by Alex Hardellet & James Thierrée
Costume design by Pascaline Chavanne
Puppets by Victoria Thierrée
Produced by Compagnie du Hanneton / Junebug

