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Two shows that are both entertaining and educational, for an actor and contemporary puppets by Sylvie Debras and Stéphane Lefranc.<div> "Whales in the Schoolyard": Sofia, a sporty, loving, and sensitive middle school student, is mistreated both at school and at home. Her mother puts her on a restrictive diet, and her father overfeeds her with fast food. She's ridiculed at school. But is she fat? Or not? Thanks to some wonderful encounters, she regains confidence in her body and her future.</div><div> This play for one actress and seven contemporary puppets addresses the tyranny of appearance endured by young people and the harmful diets that damage their health; it denounces sexist stereotypes, prejudices about body size, and the stigmatization that creates, exacerbates, and perpetuates obesity. Everyone, from 9 to 99 years old, is invited to change their perspective on others. And on themselves. It is a call for tolerance. A hymn to life.</div><div> "The Puppet Conference": In his Puppet Conference, a show that is both funny and educational, Stéphane Lefranc recounts the art of puppetry from the origins of humanity to the present day. How and why does the puppeteer breathe life and soul into inert matter? Thanks to his whimsical wit and meticulously researched facts, skillfully balanced, the "lecturer" holds the audience's attention until the very end.</div><div> A show. Yes, it's a show! It is indeed theatre, that art of the moment where the absurd echoes the convulsions of the world, where precise rules in no way prevent transgression, where</div><div> The experience remains open to discovery as much as to transmission, from generation to generation.</div><div><br></div>