YOUNG IVAN IS ORDERED by his father, the Tsar, to bring back Firebird, the flying creature accused of stealing golden apples from his kingdom. On the way, the boy comes face to face with Grey Wolf, a wild creature with shapeshifting abilities who quickly makes a meal out of his horse. Remorseful, the beast apologizes to the boy and offers his help. Together, they travel through Russia going from one adventure to the next, seeking along the way a horse with a golden mane as well as the beautiful Helen Tsarevna…

Based on the Russian folktale Ivan Tsarevich, The Firebird and Grey Wolf, Les Routes ignorées (Off the Beaten Path) is an ode to the creative power of storytelling, a show that combines puppets, shadow theatre and pop-up books.