“My father told us incredible stories”: Aurélie Cabrel stages her first show for young audiences

Au Grand Point Virgule (Paris XVe) jusqu’au 4 janvier, « Zélie la pirate » fait chanter, vibrer et rire les petits aventuriers (et leurs par

She grew up between a piano and a guitar, which she was sometimes a little jealous of as the latter monopolized her father’s time, dreamed to the rhythm of the stories that the latter invented in the evening and spent her days dressing up. It was only natural that Aurélie Cabrel, eldest daughter of Francis Cabrel , would one day want to share this rich and abundant universe with young audiences. After writing and composing “Zélie la pirate”, a musical tale about a little girl who dreams of splitting the sea with a sword in her hand, the singer adapted it into a colorful, funny and joyful show, to be discovered at the Grand Point Virgule ( Paris 15th ) until January 4.

“As a child, I was a big dreamer,” says Aurélie Cabrel, now 39 and mother of Mona, 10, and Raphaël, 7. “I would dress up and put on shows all day long.” As a stage, the little girl would climb into the huge fireplace that stood in her grandmother’s kitchen, “you know, the ones where you used to put a chair to keep warm in winter.” [ . . . ]

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