This year, the children’s shows usually organized by the City of Nice at Place Garibaldi will take place at the Jardin Albert 1er, near the music kiosk.
From December 23 to December 31, 3 free shows or concerts, specially designed for young audiences (from 4 years old), will be offered every day.
Program:
Wednesday, December 23
2 PM & 4 PM: Les Gipsy Princes
The Gipsy Princes will take you on a musical journey around the world and revisit the greatest international hits, promising a great entertainment moment. A passion for music that endures from father to son.
3 PM: Les Cadows, ze Noël Tour! — Compagnie Miranda
Mademoiselle Mireille Bouguinouille is preparing to give her recital of Christmas carols for children. Her setup is quickly disrupted by the arrival of a rock group “Les Cadows”! Apparently, they are supposed to perform on the same stage as Mireille, on the same day, at the same time! This will be a real problem for everyone: it’s impossible to coexist, as their personal and musical styles are too different!
A phone call from Lapland will turn everything upside down: Father Christmas demands that they manage to “play” their music together, in order to offer the children “The Christmas Concert!”
A musical show that is surprising and so funny!
Thursday, December 24
2 PM & 4 PM: Les Newscat – NICEKID’S
The Newscat group invites you to explore or rediscover the great standards of Jazz music in scat version.
With their original project, these musicians will take you on a journey to New Orleans, making you believe. A nice moment in perspective…
3 PM: “In the Heart of Our Woods, Tales of Our Groves, Legends of Our Forests”
Many mysteries fill the undergrowth, strange encounters, weird stories… magic is never far away and Eric Derrien invites you to meet it.
Tales where trees awaken, rivers are our sisters, and wisdom is never far away.
Friday, December 25
2 PM & 4 PM CHRISTMAS CHIC with LES P’TITES OUVREUSES
Behind the curtain, a concert of songs where stories come to life.
A space in which zeal and energy enliven a society of rhythms, melodies, poetry, and images. A form of jubilation might take you, as this live show brings to life before your eyes, as if by magic, the silhouette of a rider who takes you onto the dance floor.
3 PM: Magic Clowning — NICEKID’S
Everything could be perfect in Patachou’s world, as he presents especially fine magic shows: he is even the undisputed specialist in the appearance of multicolored parakeets, trained doves, and even… the goose that lays golden eggs!!! Flying tables hold no secrets for him… no more than drawings becoming alive.
He truly has an immense talent… until Cacahuète gets involved! Clumsy, rambunctious, awkward, ignoring the “codes” of the trade, taking the children as witnesses to beg for forgiveness, it’s a peculiar act… of course, a clown’s!
Gags, misunderstandings, unusual situations! Fine magic! Enough to give you a memorable celebration!!!
Saturday, December 26
2 PM & 4 PM: Puppets at the Circus
In a setting symbolizing the circus universe, a puppeteer “Auguste” clown arrives with his trunks to settle on the circus ring.
The Auguste clown will introduce the audience to characters that inhabit his trunks full of surprises.
With soft and traditional circus music, accompanied by poems, Loïc Bettini takes us into a world populated by colorful characters. (The love magician, the clown with a hat, the elastic and quirky acrobat clowns, the white lion, the dancer with ribbons, the contortionist giraffe, the green clown, Pierrot and Colombina…)
3 PM: Santa’s Blue Strawberries
More than a tale, “Santa’s Blue Strawberries” is an enchanting story that transports the young and the old into the vastness of the North American forests. This show was written in Canada by two artists who love nature. It makes the audience dream as they wait patiently for Christmas Eve.
But unfortunately, this year Rudolph, Santa’s favorite reindeer, has fallen seriously ill, jeopardizing the distribution of gifts… What to do??? The characters in this story, with the help of the audience, will try to find a solution. Through train and canoe journeys, surprising encounters with animals, lumberjacks, and Marie-Noëlle, will they arrive in time to save Rudolph? This show also bears a message of raising awareness for nature protection.
Sunday, December 27
2 PM & 4 PM: My Uncle Euclid’s Bear
My Uncle Euclid had two phobias: Bears and lack of money. His fear of lack of money made him so stingy, that he would sleep with his money and inventory all his material every morning of his life. But one day, he realized he was missing a “maple water cauldron”… The drama. Someone had stolen a bucket intended for making the very expensive maple syrup. To top it off, the thief was his greatest fear. What would he do?
To the tunes of guitar, violin, mandolin, and musical spoons, a guaranteed good mood thanks to this musical show that makes the audience dream, participate and sing!
3 PM: Cooky and the Magic Picture
Both a demonstration of skillful ventriloquism by the artist and an interactive clown act involving a charming and amusing puppet, this show is particularly suitable for all audiences and Christmas trees.
Unusual events will surprise the children and engage their participation throughout the story…
Monday, December 28
2 PM & 4 PM: The Christmas Jazz Band
The celebration of nativity remains magic for both the old and the young. The Christmas Jazz Band invites you to discover or rediscover the great standards of Christmas music. With their original project, these four musicians will take you to New Orleans, making you believe.
3 PM: A Prince to Fit
Between musical theater and object theater, join Marie Lune and Cédric Gonnet among Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Donkeyskin, the Princess and the Pea, in search of a prince to fit. And you’ll never see your toothbrush the same way again!
It’s the story of a casting; a song contest; the role of a princess in a big musical is up for grabs. Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Donkeyskin, and the Princess with the Pea will compete for this role.
This is a show of object theater and musical theater, the object theater may remind of “Toy Story” because the object-toys come alive with characteristics marked by the nature and shape of the materials they are made of. The actors-singers’ play, the staging, and the songs tip the show into an adventure like “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”
Tuesday, December 29
2 PM & 4 PM: Les Gipsy Princes
The Gipsy Princes will take you on a musical journey around the world and revisit the greatest international hits, promising a great entertainment moment. A passion for music that endures from father to son.
3 PM: Father Whipper’s Christmas – NICE KID’S
Steeped in the magic of circus arts, this interactive show invites children to step onto the stage…
Jealous of Santa, Father Whipper has devised a Machiavellian plan to take his place. He’s about to succeed when the plotter realizes that if Santa doesn’t come, he won’t get any gifts. Will the children accept to help this dreadful character save Christmas?
Wednesday, December 30
2 PM & 4 PM: Kamishibai
Sylviane, the Dream Fairy, cannot count on the help of Big-Bear who is a real loafer! But no time to lose, there are stories to tell to children!
3 PM: Magic Academy
Interactive magic show for children. About a dozen acts…
Thursday, December 31
2 PM & 4 PM: Story Flakes
The “steam train harmonica” takes us to the far North, to discover “The Dog’s Blues,” “a mitten abandoned on the road,” “a snow girl,” “a strange penguin wearing his clothes backward,” “a tree with sweet blood” and “the lake, the moon, and the squirrel,” “a fir tree that would love to grow up”… a show marked by beautiful encounters set to the rhythm of the “Mountain Dulcimer,” harmonica, Dobro guitar, and Quebecois spoons!
3 PM: Magic Julian
Julien the Magician takes children into the mysterious world of magic where illusion and humor await. A program full of originality and cheer with extensive participation from the children.
The show is visual and takes place in the form of stories with a humorous tone always interacting with the audience. The magician performs surprising tricks before the amazed eyes of both young and old, skillfully manipulating all sorts of unusual objects.
