Paris in July - Le Petit Prince

A well known and much loved children's story. 

It can not be assumed that everyone who loves Paris and all things French knows and loves Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and his novella 'Le Petit Prince'...... but for those of us who do love the story, you would've loved this as much as I did. 

Direct from a sell-out season in Paris, comes one of the world’s most loved stories transformed into an extraordinary live event.

I heard about this production by happenstance, and without hesitation I bought tickets for the Sydney Opera House. I live more than 2 hours form Sydney, but from time to time it's worth heading in to see the theatre at the Opera House, and this was well worth it. I took my sister too - but she'd never read the story or didn't know the history. So then I was inspired to do a little refresh on my history and share it here. 

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“What is essential is invisible to the eye, It is only with the heart that one can truly see”

Apparently, The Little Prince remains the second most translated and one of the best sold books in the world. And, now, a stage production very well worth getting to see. It was a beautiful production, poetic and as mysterious as the novella. While the Little Prince was clearly the star of the show, the Rose (the beautiful dancer in red above) was just so stunning, and the narrator, with her genuine French accent, as thoroughly engaging and gorgeous. 

Oh my, it was truly breath-taking, and a contemporary adaptation of the classic 1945 French novella  and a stunning spectacular of circus, dance, aerial acrobatics and ground-breaking video mapping technology. Digital light displays depicted travelling through space and strange new plants. 

Another reviewer stated: The highly immersive, grand-scale performance, based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s much loved 1943 children’s book, brings to life the cosmic world of an aviator lost in the desert who meets the Little Prince on his journey from one planet to another in search of a sheep. An omnipresent narrator accompanies the Little Prince as he meets many magnificent characters who communicate harmoniously through dance, gesture and movement. 

Inspired by my evening out at the theatre, and the questions my sister and her family asked about the story, I have done some further research about Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and his flying history, which I will post next week. But for now, I'll leave you with this little clip I found....