The Company

The Company

Of Giant Puppets
& Other Dizzy Spells

Giants Puppets | Aerial Dance | Urban Sculptures

The company Archibal Caramantran is an international street theatre company specialized in medium and big shows, static and parade shows.
Mixing up different disciplines, plastic Arts, dance, theatre, circus, music, structures, exploits, we particularly use Giant Puppets and Aerial Dance to create our dreamlike and popular shows.

Animated by the desire of surprising our daily lives and reveal the poetry within it, the company Archibald Caramantran plays outdoors to meet the public and offer it a play of sensitive, absurd, marvelous and oversized pictures.
Designers and developers of carnivals and cultural events, we use Giant Puppets and Aerial Dance to establish a privileged relationship with the public and act the city out.

The aerial space becomes a true playground to be structured and sculpted in various ways : Fabrics, Nets, Aerobatics Dances or on Building Faces.
In its creations the company Archibald Caramantran is revisiting, among others, the themes of popular celebrations, the ball, the carnival, the funfair or other traditional celebrations.

From its desire of gathering people was born an immersive experience, a poetic act, a sharing of emotions between the artists and the population.

Since its creation in 2005, the company Compagnie Archibald Caramantran has forged an international reputation. Our giant puppets have wandered from cities to villages, from carnivals to festivals, from large tents to Operas in provinces and abroad.
Europ, Australia, Canada, Cuba, China, Asia, Russia, Africa, Qatar.
Its Artistic Director, Olivier Hagenloch is one of the founders of the company « Les Grandes Personnes » created in 1998 at Aubervilliers, with Christophe Evette (« Les Grandes Personnes ») and Stéphane Meppiel (« Les Géants du Sud »).

For many years, the company Compagnie Archibald Caramantran has been a privileged partner of the city of Carpentras and the festival « Les Noëls Insolites ».
In 2018, we have become the residential street theatre company of the city.
We perform every year in Carpentras with our new creations.
We coordinate the opening parade of the festival as well as the big final show.
We build street decorations for the city and the festival.

Our workshops are based next to the technical services of the city, at the « Marché Gare » in a big building that was offered to us by the CoVe (Ventoux Comtat Venaissin Agglomeration Comunity).

King of the mad ones, the Caramantran, is burning out of joy and setting on fire your imagination.

the partners

The company Compagnie Archibald Caramantran is supported and sponsored by the city of Carpentras; the CoVe (Ventoux Comtat Venaissin agglomeration community),The Sud region (Southern region of France), the DRAC Sud (Regional Direction of Cultural Affairs), the French Institute in China

Noëls Insolites (Carpentras, FR)
Rendez-vous chez nous (Ouagadougou, BF)
French May Arts Fest (Hong Kong, CN)
Romans en Scène, Ville de Romans (Romans sur Isère, FR)
Cie Les Grandes Personnes (Aubervilliers, FR)
Cie Karnavires (Mimet, FR)
La Bizz’art Nomade (Dieulefit, FR)
Cie le Viel’Art (Gigors et Lozeron, FR)
Cie Wati Noma (CouloUnieix-Chamiers, FR)
Cie Transe Express (Eurre, FR)

Direction and conception

Artistic direction
Olivier Hagenloch
Co-Artistic Director
Marie-Martine Robles
Workshop chief
Yacouba Sawadogo
Musical composition
Johannes Hagenloch
Costume design
Magali Leportier
Céline Joly

Production

Production Administrator
Loretta Lepori
Distribution Manager
Laëtitia Demenge

Office

President
Alexandra Irailles
Treasurer
Marc Delmas

Puppeteer

Olivier Hagenloch
Marie Martine Robles
Yacouba Sawadogo
Antonin Chomel
Emmanuel Baconnie
Marion Guenal
Gaelle Ravillon
Léon Zongo Kiswendsida
Jerome Delmas
Antoine Cuche
Anthony Simon
Hocine Bouguerra
Mamadou Doumbia
Raphaelle Yaffée
Fabien Pichon
Yabaco Konate
Zakaria Mohammad Ishaq
Noémi Tô-Cuche
Thierry Chevallier
Dally Sanogo
Dioline Coucaud
Max Avon
Paolo Valla
Flavio Franciulli
Rémi Jacquier

Musician

Amevet Jerome
Thomas Chignier
Johannes Hagenloch
Noureddine Houchat
Valentin Meylan
Damien Gaume
Dri Djibasso Dembele
Andrea Roberts
Florent Mannant
Bots Leonard
Angela Erazo
Maxime Trischberger
Achille Autin
Pierre Tanguy

Actor

Léon Zongo Kiswendsida
Yacouba Sawadogo
Olivier Hagenloch
Flavio Franciulli
Paolo Valla

Stage manager

Olivier Marie
Antoine Cuche
Adrien Jussaume
Pamela Leiva
Joachim Aussibald

Aerial dancer

Marie-Martine Robles
Anne-Sophie Arnaud
Lauren Buttin
Alizée Oudart
Fabien La Sala
Emmanuel Baconnie
Lolita Morales
Grégory Monin
Julia Raynal
Pamela Leiva

Stilt walker

Karen Midey Rodriguez
Marie-Martine Robles
Pamela Leiva
Lolita Morales
Dioline Coucaud
Agnès Fogli

Assistant director

Jean-Claude Leportier