The Whale Street
CPPP 2023 // 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.
"Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing.
When you think it fled, it may have but become
transfigured into some still subtler form."