The Dream Shop

Musical theater broadcast via headphones
Clara Chabalier, Karl Naegelen

The Shop of Dreams transposes the work of Ingeborg Bachmann into a striking, immersive musical theater experience.

Equipped with headphones, the audience dives into the heart of the perceptions of Laurenz, an office worker whose life changes when he steps through the door of a strange little shop. Between social criticism and a dreamlike journey, director Clara Chabalier and composer Karl Naegelen orchestrate a spellbinding sensory labyrinth.

Driven by binaural technology and a unique organ, this show blurs the line between reality and dreams.

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Based on the short story and radio play by Ingeborg Bachmann Ein Geschäft Mit Träumen, translated by Magali Jourdan and Mathilde Sobottke.

Direction — Clara Chabalier
Composition — Karl Naegelen
Scenography — Franck Jamin
Sound design — Julien Fezans
Performance — Youssouf Abi-Ayad, Guy-Loup Boisneau, Constance Larrieu

Soundtrack and musical score — Amaryllis Billet, Guy-Loup Boisneau, Christophe Girard, Keiko Murakami, Joris Rühl, Carolina Santiago Martinez

With the participation of the students from the Classe de la Comédie / Promotion 27

Lighting design — Victor Egea
Costumes — Inga Adeline-Eshuis
Instrument making — Léo Maurel

Executive production: Césaré, Centre national de création musicale de Reims.
Coproduction: Compagnie Pétrole, under agreement with DRAC Île-de-France; Festival Musica - Strasbourg; Comédie de Colmar - Centre dramatique national d’Alsace; La Muse en Circuit, Centre national de création musicale d’Alfortville; La Cité musicale-Metz; Bords 2 Scènes - Vitry-le-François.
Support: DRAC Grand Est, Région Grand Est - Program 'Produce better, distribute better', Members of the CAMÉLÉON network of the PFMC (Plateforme des musiques de création grand est); Théâtre de Montbéliard - MA scène nationale - Pays de Montbéliard; Sacem - support for the creation / production of musical shows for young audiences; Spedidam – support for the creation of an original soundtrack for dramatic or choreographic shows; La Pop - Artistic and civic incubator; Jeune théâtre national (JTN); Le Théâtre L’Échangeur - Cie Public Chéri.
Play translated with the support of Maison Antoine Vitez, Centre international de la traduction théâtrale.
Project supported within the framework of the eleventh Artistic Scouting Day organized by La Pop, in partnership with Théâtre de de Vanves, Danse Dense, Les Gémeaux - Scène nationale de Sceaux and Théâtre Silvia Monfort.
© Clara Chabalier / pattern © Gwladys Bernard