The puppet-show was born out of four artists' desire (three actors'/puppeteers' and a musician's) to share with the public the richness of the traditional Rajastan puppet-show which, they discovered in India. This gift came from the artist and master Puran Bhatt, heir to the ancestral art of marionnettes called “kathputli”.

The “Mirabai” show proposes a “re-invention” of this folk art, an original creation which, draws on the sources of Indian culture.

The marionnettes – princesses, snakes charmers, horse riders, jugglers, magicians, clowns, warriors - move on a stage which evokes an Indian palace and relate an epic inspired from the life of Mirabaï, a princess and poet of the 16th Century.

These marionnettes of extraordinary beauty (delicate sculpturing and painting of the faces, glistening costumes) perform amazing feats, buffooneries, danses and magic tricks as well as romantic and tragic moments.

Thanks to the great presence of the singer and musician Karim Amari, the music goes with and reinforces each moment of the show, borrowing (sitars, tablas, flutes) from classical Indian music and from folk music (deelrubas, rawanhathas, percussion instruments) from North Indian as well as African and Tibetan musical instruments.

The narrative is sung in the “kayal” Indian style (hindustani music) which, punctuates the different scenes in simple direct langage, leaving emotions and the imagination to develop freely.

The show “talks” to everybody, children as well as adults. It goes beyond differences.
We are touched by the universality of the Mirabaï legend : a princess in love.