PRESS REVIEWS
It is visibly evident that the efforts of the two puppeteers appeal to the young spectators who are amused by the nervous attitude of the squirrel and the leaps of the dragon in motion... The set designed by Richard Lacroix (also the designer of the puppets) is most ingenious: from a black cube springs forth a pretty coloured mountain into which the Creator will dig out paths and a grotto. Everything in this show is simple and clear, right through to the script by Réjane Charpentier, who has dreamed up irresistible characters with personality traits that make the young children laugh. This playful fable about creation concludes with the beginnings of a fine reflection on the différence and the importance of tolerance. After all, as the skunk expresses so perfectly to the rose bush, no one is perfect: “everyone pricks a little and smells a little bit”
Catherine Hébert, Voir, Montréal, January 25 to 31, 2001 (Translation: Graham Soul)
A production by Théâtre de l’OEil, revived ten years after its premiere, Un Autre Monde by Réjane Charpentier offers to children 5 to 8 years-old a work which is at their level.
Nothing complicated but wonderfully designed by Richard Lacroix who, with bits of coloured fabric, creates a landscape inhabited by very likeable little creatures.
Dominique Lachance, Le Journal de Montréal, January 2001
(...) Théâtre de l’OEil, gave two performances of the English translation of its 1990 production Un Autre Monde / A New World, which was performed at the first Coups de Théâtre. (The festival did not take place every year.) Estelle Richard and Nicolas Germain-Marchand handled the English script and the multiple puppets well, and the message about learning to tolerate differences is important (...)
Kathryn Greenaway, The Gazette, Friday, November 21, 2008
