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Cabaret de carton
Olivier Martin-Salvan
Pierre Guillois
Cabaret de carton
Pierre Guillois
One of them, a rounded man, has settled on a cardboard box in the middle of the stage – a box he won’t move from throughout the performance. In made-up English, he recounts the incredible tale of a man – his ancestor? – who was cursed centuries ago by a mermaid in a fjord on the Faroe Islands. The other, sickly and wearing swimming trunks, demonstrates awe-inspiring inventiveness – beside, around, above – to illustrate the stages of this anti-hero’s incredible journey through time and Europe. The box becomes a bicycle, a motorbike, an aeroplane; the actors draw on the comic impulse of slapstick, mime and clowning. Evolving in a make-shift set, the unlikely pair lead the audience into a fable that is at once tender and burlesque, a tribute to artisanal theatre. Inherently popular and playful, their cardboard cabaret reveals the strength and magic of this ephemeral art form as well as its poetic delicacy.
Copresentation Les Halles de Schaerbeek (as part of the Festival HP24), Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Relaxed performance on 01.12.2024 at 15:00
Relaxed performances offer an inclusive and caring welcome. They aim to make it easier for the broadest possible audience to come to the theatre, including those with special needs or sensitivities.
Calendar
Information
Language
fr
Duration
1hr20
Venue
Grande salle
Price
€9 > €21
Cast
A performance by
Olivier Martin-Salvan
Pierre Guillois
With
Week 1
Olivier Martin-Salvan
Clément Deboeur
Week 2
Olivier Martin-Salvan
Edouard Penaud
alternating with
Pierre Guillois
Technical direction
Colin Plancher
Cardboard engineering
Charlotte Rodière
Props
Emilie Poitaux
Sound design
Loïc Le Cadre
Costume advice
Coco Petitpierre
Tour assistant
Thylda Barès
Stage Manager
Jérôme Pérez Lopez
alternating with
Colin Plancher
Stage management
Elvire Tapie
alternating with
Cécile Jaillard
Administration - Production
Sophie Perret
Fanny Landemaine
Margaux du Pontavice
Louise Devinck
Internationale distribution
Christelle Fleury
Distribution
Séverine André-Liebaut - Séverine Diffusion
Communication
Anne-Catherine Minssen - ACFM Les Composantes
Production
Compagnie Le Fils du Grand Réseau
Coproductions
Ki M’Aime Me Suive, Le Quartz – Scène nationale de Brest, Carré du Rond-Point, Le Quai - CDN Angers Pays de la Loire, Tsen Productions, CDN de Normandie – Rouen, Le Moulin du Roc, Scène nationale à Niort, Comédie de Picardie, CPPC - Théâtre l’Aire Libre
Support
Fonds SACD Humour/One Man Show, La Région Bretagne, Le Centquatre – Paris, Théâtre Sénart, Scène nationale
Acknowledgements
Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Espace Carpeaux – Courbevoie, Théâtre des Quartiers d’Ivry – CDN du Val-de-Marne, Malakoff scène nationale
Compagnie Le Fils du Grand Réseau is supported by the Ministère de la Culture – DRAC de Bretagne
