Wet sighs under the heels – Puppet cabaret by the Succursale 101 company in Amiens

Le 08 october 2026 at 20:30

"Wet Sighs Under the Heels" is a spectacular creation by the company Succursale 101, conceived by Angélique Friant and Stéphane Blanquet. Presented at the Cirque Jules Verne – Pôle National Cirque Amiens as part of the International Puppet Arts Festival, this 1 hour 15 minute show, recommended for ages 16 and up, immerses the audience in a world where contemporary puppetry, visual arts, performance art, and cabaret converge.

Following their first collaboration on Les Leçons d'Anatomies Chimériques (Lessons in Chimeric Anatomy), Angélique Friant and visual artist Stéphane Blanquet continue their exploration of a rich and vibrant imagination. Inspired by the Dadaist spirit, Soupirs mouillés sous les talons (Wet Sighs Under the Heels) presents a series of striking visual tableaux where words, puppets, masks, mirrors, and images interact in a succession of hypnotic acts.

Master of ceremonies Emmanuel Hubaut, iconic singer of Les Tétines Noires and leader of EHb, guides the audience through this strange cabaret where performers and life-size puppets interact. Poisonous sensuality rubs shoulders with fakirism in Lalla Morte, while Yaël Rasooly, Christophe Hanon, David Girondin Moab, and Jeanne Marquis bring to life a gallery of fascinating characters.

Thanks to remarkable visual artistry, monumental puppets, costumes, lighting, video, and sound design, the performance gradually transforms into a lush phantasmagoria populated by hybrid beings—part human, part insect, part plant. The whole creates a disturbing dream, where visual poetry, dark humor, eroticism, and strangeness intertwine, ultimately transforming the stage into a veritable art installation that the audience is invited to explore after the performance.

The cast includes:

Angélique Friant (director, author and puppeteer)
Stéphane Blanquet (author, visual artist and performer)
Emmanuel Hubaut (sound creation, musician and performer)
Lalla Morte (performer and fakir)
Yaël Rasooly (puppeteer and singer)
Christophe Hanon, David Girondin Moab and Jeanne Marquis (puppeteers)

The artistic team also includes:

Marianne Merillon (costumes), assisted by Cléo Pringigallo
Eduardo Félix and Igor Godinho (puppet construction)
Mathilde Peinetti and Léonor Ilitch (construction)
Nicolas Poix (general stage management and lighting design)
Ionah Mélin (stage manager).

This creation is produced by Succursale 101, with co-productions from Le Manège, scène nationale de Reims and Espace Jéliote – Centre National de la Marionnette, as well as the support of Jardin Parallèle and La Nef de Pantin.

• Page du spectacle
• Billetterie
• Site officiel de la compagnie
• Festival International des Arts de la Marionnette
• Site du Cirque Jules Verne

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