THE WHALE STREET

The Whale Street, story of a human epic.

In The Whale Street, Captain Ahab embarks on a veritable urban odyssey in pursuit of the legendary cetacean. Drifting through the streets of the city, his obsessive quest and desire for revenge seems to lead him to his downfall. As the end of its journey approaches, the beast wakes up. The two camps stare at each other: the captain and his henchmen are going to brave the chthonic creature.

In this show, Cie CPPP adapts the bestseller Moby Dick to the scale of a city. The different adventures of the story are staged to the rhythm of live music, narrated thanks to the prowess of the circus artists, and the performances of the dancers. The encounter with the legendary creature, its pursuit, and their final battle make the streets of the city the pages of this spectacular novel.

THE WHALE STREET - SALAMANQUE -

Statement of Intent

The Whale Street is an immersive theatrical experience where the myth of Moby Dick emerges from the pages of literature to embrace the power of live performance. Here, the hunt no longer takes place on the high seas, but in a city transformed into a dreamlike territory, where the whale and the captain reenact their endless duel.

Breaking the codes of traditional theater, the production takes over the urban space and transforms the audience into witnesses of a thrilling chase, oscillating between circus performance and the raw energy of hip-hop or flamenco. Driven by hypnotic and tribal electronic music, this sensory epic becomes a wild ballet, where dancers and acrobats embody the torments of the protagonists. Moby Dick is no longer just a creature of the depths, but a philosophical force, a reversed mirror of the captain and his crew of sailors.

In this contemporary reinterpretation, the captain is a shipwrecked soul of his own delusion, doomed to chase a whale that may no longer exist, except in his obsession.

The Whale Street does not seek to provide answers but plunges the viewer into a dizzying immersion, at the heart of an eternal struggle. It is a feverish dream, a futile battle, a spectral procession where everyone ultimately loses themselves. Theater, dance, contemporary circus, and visual arts intertwine in a bold and hybrid production, reinventing this monument of world literature through a new lens.