"You walk down the street. There is a chasm in the pavement. You pretend not to see it. You fall in…"

Alone in her room, Louise is desperate to fall asleep. A surprise visitor interrupts her and takes her on a strange journey - through excitement and creativity, horror and destruction - to the forbidden chamber of her own mind.

Theatre Témoin and Cie. Traversière use an exciting blend of puppetry, object manipulation, physical theatre, and original music in this zany and sensitive exploration of bipolar disorder, shedding new light on a woman's internal struggle against the swirl of extreme moods.

The Fantasist cast and crew are excited to be returning to the Blue Elephant after presenting the show last year as a work-in-progress under the title Barbe Bleue.