Every year, L'UniThéâtre presents a production for young audiences that tours francophone and French immersion elementary schools in Alberta. With their purchase of one or more performances, schools will receive a learning guide specially tailored for teachers in order to help them prepare their students for the play they are about to watch. Teachers will be able to guide their students’ discovery of the play and its themes through a variety of games and activities for all ages and interests.
CoSt : $1100 (+ GST)
COST Early bird (before november 1st 2023): $ 1000 (+ GST)
La Befana
Touring Alberta schools from May 21st to June 14th 2024
Public performance at the Théâtre Servus Credit Union Theatre: June 9th
WRITTEN BY: Anaïs Pellin
DIRECTED BY: Emilie Leclerc
CAST: Thérèse Champagne, Julio Rod Marín and Mia Wistaff
Sofia loves witch stories. Her favourite is the one about her Nonna meeting the Befana, an old lady who brings sweets to well-behaved children while they sleep... and who carries away the unwary ones who stumble upon her in the middle of the night! The day Nonna disappears, her granddaughter is convinced the Befana has kidnapped her. Sofia sets off to find her and becomes immersed in a story that goes beyond anything she could ever have imagined.
In this show inspired by the legends of northern Italy, Anaïs Pellin's writing takes young audiences on an adventure full of twists and turns. Between the rapture and turmoil of childhood, La Befana conveys a poetic story about the final journey of our loved ones.