Mame Boye invites us into her store. With humor, mischief and a few puppets and handicrafts, the old woman gives advice on dental hygiene in her own way.
So much for cavities!
Keur Mame Boye is a puppet theater show created by TOF Théâtre with young Senegalese artists from the Yaak’art / DJARAMA company in Toubab Dialaw, supported by CITF and WBI. It is part of a vision of young people’s theater in Senegal.
With Astou Ndiaye and Seynabou Faye
Conceived and directed by Alain Moreau and Nicolas Laine, with Sandrine Hooge and Mamby Mawine.
Puppet design: Alain Moreau
Production: TOF Théâtre (Pascale Mahieu) and DJARAMA (Olivier Guillochon)
Coproductions : Les Sages Fous (Canada – Trois Rivières, South Miller), with support from WBI coopération bilatérale et mobilité and CITF. With the support of the Maison internationale des arts de la marionnette (MIAM) in Montreal, the Dialaw school in Ndayane, the Wallonie-Bruxelles Delegation in Dakar.
Space required for installation: 3m X 2m, first row at 3 m
Set-up time: 2h00
Dismantling time: 1h00
3 people on tour (2 of whom don’t eat pork)
2 or 3 performances a day
Provide parking for 1 van and a 16-amp socket
Capacity: 100 people
