Charbon Ardent
Carte blanche to CirkVOST for Sainte-Barbe
In 2015, the company was asked to create the "well show ", the highlight of the Charbon Ardent festival which celebrates Saint Barbe's Day every year, around December 4 in La Grand Combe.
This fabulous experience will mark the transition between the creations of BoO and Hurt me tender since we will meet the trio of musicians who will accompany us on the new creation until 2024.
Since 2017, the entire festival program has been entrusted to Benoit Belleville, with CirkVOST becoming co-organizer of the event.
The festival is based on a theme every year, and each year the specifications include the creation of a large-scale show on the former mine trestle, the Puits Ricard.
This partnership, rooted in the region, is interesting in many ways. The ambition to bring together local stakeholders, associations, school groups and residents around the proposals, which are spread over four days, is a great challenge.
The work of creating the Well show, with its constraints and ambitions, allows us to understand this mining site in many ways, always spectacular….
Don't hesitate to ask us, our expertise can be transferred to other places!
– CirkVOST –
Some dates
In 2017, this “brotherhood and circus” creation was entrusted to the Gratte Ciel company.
In 2018, we celebrate the anniversary of May 68 with a creation with original version with subtitles, written by Mireille Porcellana and directed by Benoit Belleville.
In 2019, man's first step on the moon, and it was the Transe Express company that took charge of the Well.
In 2020, the tribute to Jean Ferrat will not take place due to Covid
In 2021, the duo Mireille Porcellana and Benoit Belleville reunited to create the well show in honor of Jean de La Fontaine.
In 2022, bad weather forced us to cancel the highlight of the festival, entrusted to Luminagora on the theme of Prévert.
In 2023, CirkVOST will return to work on a science-themed show, written and directed by Benoit Belleville.