Preparing for a Miracle

Preparing for a miracle is a one-man show in which catastrophe and magic combine to tell the story of the improbable and initiatory quest of Ulysses-despite-himself. Trapped on this large empty stage, the character is constantly subjected to new trials that defy all the rules of common sense. This seemingly straightforward show gradually shifts into a poetic and funny universe where the world has stopped working as it should.

This family-friendly show is the company’s first creation designed for large stages. Every aspect of the theatre – its architecture, its objects, its sounds – is used in this production, becoming a medium for the play that runs aground at the heart of the fiction, until the audience no longer knows where reality ends and the show begins.

I wanted to ground this creation – however magical – in reality and in the simplest of things: a theatre and its artifices.

Marc Oosterhoff