‘All grown-ups have been children, but few of them remember that.’ More than 80 years after its publication, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry arrives at the LAC in a spectacular new version for the whole family. A show that combines prose, musical theatre, circus arts and installation.

Faithful to the style of the original work, director Stefano Genovese has chosen not to rely solely on words to tell the story, but to evoke it through images, suggestions and atmospheres that only theatre, by its very nature, can convey. The result is a unique reinterpretation of a timeless classic that speaks to all generations. Published in 1943, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the world after the Bible and continues to inspire readers of all ages. A deeply transmedia work, it has come to life in various forms over time – from comics to cinema, animated series to ballet – without losing its poetic and symbolic power.
The Little Prince is the story that everyone knows but no one remembers, almost as if to prove that what its author says is true: adults never think about the things that really matter. And what are these things? The things we are taught as children and forget once we grow up. It is up to the Little Prince, an eternal child, to refresh our memory. As the author argued, it is images that help us remember, that make real what would seem incredible if only told. An extraordinarily modern thought, which anticipates the power of images in our visual age.