Ciran 'spectacular'...

We went along to Ciran's 'La Malle aux Souvenirs' with friends,including life-long friend John who is over from Scotland on a visit, last night and although we were seeing it for the second time we were still blown away by the event. It may not the slickest production you will see but for honest endeavour and enthusiasm it can't be beat. Look out for the Red Indian horsemen...great fun!

The audience wait in anticipation.

The setting by the plan d'eau is magically transformed by very creative lighting...

and the way they use the water is excellent.

Fireworks seemed to feature more this year throughout the production before a spectacular display to signal the end of the night...well done Ciran, we looked forward to your new show in 2017

Note: If you are going along to tonight's (Saturday) show take something warm to wear as the show goes on until midnight by which time you will have experienced a fair drop in temperature!

When the 'spectaclular' lives up to its name...‘Son et Lumiére’ at Ciran

La Malle aux Souvenirs

If you haven't.taken in the ‘Son et Lumiére’ at Ciran then you should! 

This small village puts on an amazing show around the theme of children discovering their parent's chest in the attic containing souvenirs from their world travels. Their imagination takes them to every corner of the globe...in spectacular fashion. Centered around the little lake in the village the show will surprise you from beginning to end.

Friday 29th and Saturday 30th July 2016

Food available from 7.00pm
Show starts around 10.30 pm

!0 euros per person - pay on the night

You can check out my blog post from last year's event here

Expect the unexpected....‘La Malle aux Souvenirs’ in Ciran

When friends Jane & Peter suggested we should take in the “spectacular” ‘Son et Lumiére’ at Ciran we were a little sceptical as their description bellied any thoughts of what type of show this small (400+) village could possibly put on. We often pass through the village on our way to Loches and our shortcut to avoid driving through Ligueil took us past its little ‘etang’ which showed no real hint of a possible ‘spectacular’.

After an initial scare, a really heavy downpour, which we managed to avoid by arriving at the parking (field) just as the heavens opened and sitting tight until it passed, we set up stall courtesy of Mike & Liz’s folding chairs - what was about to unfold was still not clear.

Across the small lake you could see the minimum of props - a small structure which represented the attic, a colourful gateway and a large panel/screen...

.‘La Malle aux Souvenirs’ (The trunk of Souvenirs) was about to reveal itself.

 As darkness fell the scene was set by colourful back lights and music with our host welcoming us to a journey across the world via the trunk of memories of that would be revealed by inquisitive children and their imagination.

The lighting, music and water would feature heavily.

We were taken to America via the wild west, to India and the Ganges

...to Egypt...

...to Paris in the company of Tolouse Lautrec

...to a Venician ball

...to China

...to the Rio Carnival

 they even took us on a cinematic trip which included a 'Singing in the rain' sequence on their water stage.

After nearly two hours of performance the cast of hundreds (mainly local amateurs) took their bow before we were treated to a grand finale of fireworks.  

 We came away thinking that this should be on every visitor to the region's agenda, great!

Here is a small sample of the night...remember they are mainly amateurs...