Be warned: this storyteller can have memory lapses, and when he does, it takes us far, far away…
These stories come from here and elsewhere, from over there and even further afield… Rather short, yet still quite long… Rather modern, yet old-fashioned too. Well, above all funny and serious – a little bit. In short, Olivier Ponsot doesn’t know much, but it takes a lot of knowledge… A maverick ruffled by every draught in the world, Olivier tells tales. A storyteller, a chatterbox, a braggart, riding on a clown’s ball-bearing wheels, he is often elsewhere. Through his stories, he hopes to take us there. Bon voyage…
A few words about the artist...
From a very early age, Olivier Ponsot took playing truant very seriously and with great dedication...
It was indeed on these side roads that he made his finest encounters. A few wise, bearded old men passed on their ‘non-knowledge’ to him. A couple of ruffians here and there sparked his rebellious spirit, and a handful of women lightened his step. Many children—with their fits of laughter, tousled hair, runny noses, torn trousers and grazed knees—gave him that priceless strength to lift straws...
Suitcase in hand, hair tousled by every breeze in the world, this 21st-century troubadour launches a new art form: a storyteller walking a tightrope on the vocal cords...
