BaKÉLITE

BAKÉLITE: an object theatre company

Bakélite first saw the light of day in 2005 in Rennes. Artistic director Olivier Rannou specialises in creating memorable shows for family audiences, combining the atrociously comic with the straight-up crazy.

Theirs is an art of meticulous detail and exacting precision, combining wild imagination with practical ingenuity. Playing with symbols and the evocative force of ordinary objects, Compagnie Bakélite is capable of conjuring up an army with three figurines, folding whole cities into a suitcase, and turning a piggy bank into a real financial institution.

Bakélite’s calling card is the precision with which their performances are structured and assembled, with a rigorous shot-by-shot approach to dramatic presentation inspired by cinema... all the better to subvert those visual codes in shows such as L’Affaire Poucet, Stick-Up, The Galley, The Caravan of Horror, Invaders and Hostile.

Compagnie Bakélite is also the fruit of three artists working in partnership: Aurélien Georgeault- Loch, Alan Floc’h and Guillaume Alexandre. All three write and develop their own artistic projects, directed for the stage by Olivier Rannou and produced by Charlène Faroldi.

In parallel to the company’s work creating and performing original shows, Bakélite is the driving force behind the ‘Panique au Parc’ collective, flying the flag for object theatre at the international festival in Charleville-Mézières.

The company is now based at the Jungle, a space for artistic residencies and development located in Le Rheu, of which Bakélite is one of the founding members.

 

THE BAKÉLITE TEAM 

OLIVIER RANNOU artistic leader — actor, director, puppeteer, scenographer	CHARLÈNE FAROLDI head of administration, production and distribution	LOUISE GÉRARD production assistant	SANDRINE HERNANDEZ head of communication
ALAN FLOC'H actor, puppeteer, stage manager	AURÉLIEN GEORGEAULT-LOCH actor, director, puppeteer	GUILLAUME ALEXANDRE author, actor, puppeteer

 

THEY COLLABORATE WITH US 

Marjorie Blériot • Fabien Bossard • Greg Bouchet • Marie Bout • Romain Coquelin • François Debas • Mathieu Dochtermann • Gaëtan Emeraud • Stéfany Gicquiaud • Mathias Hérard • Leslie Evrard • Marine Iger • Isabelle Legros • Robin Lescouet • Emma Lloyd • Alexandre Musset • Morien Nolot • Émilie Rougier • Juan Pino • Ewen Toulliou • Hectores office with Lorinne Florange & Grégoire Le Divelec • l’Agence Sensible with Marion Poupineau et Emmanuel Pellequer • the Zarmine collective with Marine Blanken, Audrey Losque-Robert & Emilie Respriget • RoiZIZO théâtre with Julien Galardon & Gildwen Peronno

 

THEY WORKED WITH US 

le bureau Hectores avec Lorinne Florange et Grégoire Le Divelec • le collectif Zarmine avec Marine Blanken, Emilie Respriget, Xavier Rosé et Pauline Dorson • RoiZIZO théâtre avec Julien Galardon et Gildwen Peronno • Greg Bouchet • Soizic Bruneau • Clara Coll Bigot • Romain Coquelin • François Debas • Mathieu Dochtermann • Ariel Doron • Gaëtan Emeraud • Gweltaz Foulon •  Stéfany Gicquiaud • Leslie Evrard • Marine Iger • Isabelle Legros • Robin Lescouet • Cyrille Morin • Alexandre Musset • Morien Nolot • Guylaine Philispart •  Roméo Rebière • Émilie Rougier • Ewen Toulliou • Yuna Villane

 

THE BAK'S OFFICE

› Céline JOULIN (president)
› Frédéric AUBRY (treasurer)
› Mathieu RENARD (secretary)
› Laura DONNET (board of directors)
› Emmauelle FOUILLEUL (board of directors)
› Gilles RESPRIGET (board of directors)