22 December 2025 – 04 January 2026 — Monchique
New circus returns to Monchique with two different productions: Hourvari, by Compagnie Rasposo Cirque–Théâtre, and Strano, by Cirque Trottola. Both French and widely acclaimed across Europe for their artistic quality, bring to Monchique innovative visions of contemporary circus, combining high technical demand, original dramaturgy, humour, fascination and a modern reflection on the world and the human condition. Crafted with detail, music, scenography, and lighting design expand these creations into immersive and powerful experiences.
/Created by Titoune e Bonaventure Gacon
/Performers Titoune, Bonaventure Gacon e Pierre Le Gouallec ou Sébastien Brun
/Music Barbara Cornet
/Technical direction Bonaventure Gacon
/Sound and light Baptiste Heintz ou Yannis Gilbert
/Costumes Nadia Genez
/Music Samuel Legal, Jean-Sébastien Bach, César Franck, Mauricio Kagel, Charles-Marie Widor
/Technical, artistic and acrobatic consultants Filléas de Block, François Derobert, Caroline Frachet, Dimitri Jourde, Michaël Pallandre, Martin Prieto, Clément Rousseaux, Nicolas Picot, Claire Villard
/Tent construction Atelier Gest & Ortona
/Production Marc Délhiat
/Diffusion Geneviève Clavelin
/Administration Laura Trappier
/ProductionCirque Trottola – La Toupie
/Coproduction Les 2 Scènes, Scène nationale de Besançon; L'Agora – Pôle National Cirque Boulazac Aquitaine; L'Azimut – Antony/Châtenay-Malabry, Pôle National Cirque en Île-de-France; Bonlieu, Scène nationale d'Annecy; Le Carré Magique – Pôle National Cirque en Bretagne, Lannion Trégor; Le CENTQUATRE–Paris; Centro Nazionale di Produzione blucinQue Nice (Italy); Cirque Jules Verne – Pôle National Cirque et Arts de la Rue, Amiens; CREAC – La Cité Cirque de Bègles; Espaces Pluriels, Scène conventionnée d'intérêt national Art et Création – Danse, Pau; L'Estive, Scène nationale de Foix et de l'Ariège; Latitude 50 – Pôle des Arts du Cirque et de la Rue, Marchin (Belgium); Le Palc – Pôle National Cirque de Châlons-en-Champagne, Grand Est; Le Prato – Pôle National Cirque, Lille; Théâtre de Cornouaille, Scène nationale de Quimper; Le Théâtre de Lorient – Centre dramatique national; Théâtre-Sénart, Scène nationale; Théâtre Vidy–Lausanne; La Verrerie d'Alès – Pôle National Cirque Occitanie; and Théâtre+Cinéma, Scène nationale du Grand Narbonne, with the support of FONDOC – Fund for Artistic Creation in Occitanie.
/Residencies Le Prato, Pôle National Cirque – Lille, and La Griotte – Die
/Support Ministère de la Culture – DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; Ministère de la Culture – DGCA / national support for circus creation; INTERREG France–Switzerland Project No. 20919 – LACS – Annecy–Chambéry–Besançon–Geneva–Lausanne; SACEM / support for commissioning and producing contemporary music concerts; and SPEDIDAM.
La Toupie is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Communication / Directorate of Cultural Affairs Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
With support of
/Writing, direction, lighting design Marie Molliens
/Choreographic perspective Milan Herich
/Performers Robin Auneau, Eve Bigel, Camille Judic, Marie Molliens, Achille e/ou Orphée Molliens, Joséphine Terme, Seppe Van Looveren, Tiemen Praats, Niels Mertens, Benoit Segui, Claire Mevel
/Assistant directors Robin Auneau, Fanny Molliens
/Artistic collaborators Aline Reviriaud, Sarah Anstett, Jacques Allaire
/Costume design Solenne Capmas
/Sound creation Fabrice Laureau
/Lighting design assistant Théau Meyer
/Circus risk collaborator Guy Périlhou
/Production manager Guy Périlhou
/Assistant manager Robin Bellanger
/Administration Mélanie Delage
/Technical direction Théau Meyer, Gregory Adoir
/Construction Agatha Rose, Gaëtan Dubriont
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