A professional company founded and directed by Claire Dancoisne, Théâtre la Licorne has over 30 years’ experience in puppetry and object theater.
From the outset, La Licorne has embraced the pleasure of tinkering with things, and a taste for the improbable and the sensitive. Actors, visual artists and musicians work together to take the imagination as far as possible. The beauty of images and the grandeur of masks are the way to express this theatrical language made of flesh, paper and scrap metal.

Objects, machines, masks and puppets are indispensable to Claire Dancoisne’s theatrical writing because they are capable of transporting both actors and spectators, transforming our vision of the world.
The handcrafted machines we tinker with in our workshops contribute to the magic of our shows, allowing us to play with dimensions and perspectives, touching us with their fragility and making us laugh with their derisory aspect.
Since its creation in 1986, the company has staged shows in theatres, on the street, for young audiences, in apartments, in unusual locations and for major events… Nearly forty original creations have toured France and the rest of the world to ever-growing audiences.
In 2013, the company moved to Dunkirk. Its new space, L’outil européen de création pour la marionnette contemporaine et le théâtre d’objets, opened its doors in November 2015 to invent a place for creation, training, artist residencies, exhibitions and welcoming audiences.