Violette Toussaint is the caretaker of a small cemetery in Burgundy. Her daily life is taken up with her work, and the confidences shared by the people who visit the graveyard. One day, a man arrives, unable to understand why his mother wants to be buried beside a stranger. The meeting will turn both of their lives upside-down. Salomé Lelouch and Mikaël Chirinian have taken the novel and adapted it into a moving play and a veritable ode to life!
After the Second World War, Charles Jacquet, the Under-Secretary of State for the Family and Education, has succeeded in closing down brothels and cracking down on abortion. But his well-ordered life changes forever in the space of one day, when he learns that his wife is carrying a child and his son has gotten his secretary pregnant. It's merely the start of a succession of unplanned events that will force this middle-class family to look at life in a different light.
PLAY IN ITALIAN. A vagrant looks back at his life and the choices that saw him end up on the streets, while considering the meaning of existence. A man on the margins of society, capable of seeing reality by observing the lives of "normal" people. Capable too, through a kind of joyous and indefatigable philosophy”, of finding the "salt of life", the complexity and unpredictability of fate. A tragi-comic play that marks the return of the actor, playwright and director Sergio Castellito.
Jean Racine's eleven tragedies as you have never seen them before! From the famous Bérénice, Phèdre, Andromaque and Britannicus, to the lesser known Bajazet and Mithridate, are all given a radical comedic makeover. "Racine par la Racine" invites audiences on a hilarious journey through the works of the great playwright. A company of four actors creates a whirlwind of biographical background, snippets of prefaces, authentic extracts, and pastiches of plays.
Barnabé Leroux is a fussy, pettifogging, obsessive pensioner. Since his wife died, he has lived a solitary life and rarely sees Benoît, his only son. he despises his neighbours, and his only real contact with the outside world is his weekly consultation with his psychoanalyst. His life is carefully regimented, down to the last millimetre. Nothing is left to chance. Until the day he finds a yoghurt missing from his fridge. Barnabé was sure it had been there the day before! Could something as ordinary as a yoghurt have the power to change a life?
Arnaud loves Marion. But since they visited an apartment to move in together, there's been a doubt nagging at him. Did Marion have a thing for the realtor? By chance, he bumps into someone who looks exactly like the realtor, and asks him to pass himself off as the man he suspects of dallying with Marion. A brilliant idea! Unless the fake realtor finds himself face to face with the real one... And a twin brother just happens to appear on the scene. Three doppelgangers in one night could prove too much for Arnaud!
Friends and colleagues for thirty years, Charles and Stan, two stage actors, argue about their ambitious new project, restaging Antoine Vitez's legendary 1978 performance of the four Molière plays, The Misanthrope, the School for Wives, Tartuffe, and Dom Juan. And like their master and Molière himself, the duo want to perform without a set, but merely a table, two chairs, and stick. Dring rehearsals, Charles unfortunately reads a message on Stan's phone from a mysterious H. Discord ensues.
Based on In Other Words by Matthew Seager. Once upon a time, there was a love story. Jeanne and Arthur. It was the perfect story. Perfect until Jeanne asked Arthur to go pick up some milk and a stamp. So easy to remember, and yet... Once upon a time, there was a love story that Arthur would have preferred never to have forgotten.
This is the story of Max, your typical content and fulfilled thirtysomething, and also something of a technology addict. Our heroine finds herself thrust into an experience bordering on fantasy. Yet her story could just as easily be ours... Or at least, those of us incapable of going five minutes without staring at a screen. The actor's talented performance combines with some impressive technical prowess to create the feeling of a waking dream, holding the audience spellbound from start to finish.
A Scottish rabbit in a big hurry has an appointment with the capricious Queen of Hearts... So begins Alice's wonderful dream! This tender and funny adaptation of Lewis Carroll's famous tale blends theatre, masks, Chinese shadow puppetry, traditional puppets and songs, making it a marvellous opportunity for younger children to experience the eccentric and poetic world of the beloved author, whose works have been a source of delight for generations.
Families dinners sometimes throw up unexpected surprises. You might be hoping for a little peace and quiet with your loved ones, but like a grain of sand, one ill-chosen word can light the blue touch paper and a verbal joust ensues. Is honest always the best policy, especially when it comes to those closest to us? If this play is to be believed, the answer is yes. Tonight though, one way or another it's all going to come out, and we're in for a treat.
A Scottish rabbit in a big hurry has an appointment with the capricious Queen of Hearts... So begins Alice's wonderful dream! This tender and funny adaptation of Lewis Carroll's famous tale blends theatre, masks, Chinese shadow puppetry, traditional puppets and songs, making it a marvellous opportunity for younger children to experience the eccentric and poetic world of the beloved author, whose works have been a source of delight for generations.