In the beginning, there was nothing. And then the child spoke.

The repeated miracle of language learning. In spite of all the technological progress, artificial intelligence, machines that think, this miracle continues to amaze. The baby wades in his baby reality; he babbles, he sucks, he chews, he whines. And one day, he speaks. And his unique consciousness, his inner theater, is externalized for the parent, who gropingly enters the shadows of the cave of childhood. With La peau de l'ours, Mréjen offers us the delectable experience of seeing the slightly magical mechanics of the beginning of speech. Confusion, explosion, imagination; how cheerful the world would be if the language of adults did not undergo the polishing of learning!

Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Tënk's Artistic Director