Is he really a clown? His nose is gray. Bundled up in a black coat, he wanders alone in the dark, compulsively eating his bananas, one after the other. With his unkempt hair and beard, he looks like a Greek shepherd or a bum. Yann Frisch enjoys considering the figure of the clown from the perspective of the tragedy of incredulity. Just like Cassandra, whose predictions no one believed, he would like to be taken seriously. But he is condemned to forever live like “a joke on two feet”. The spectator's laughter, a symptom of this tragicomedy, acts as both his nourishment and his curse. Yann Frisch and his partner in crime Raphaël Navarro, who shares his passion for mystification, create a dark universe at the nexus of prestidigitation, object theater, and clown performance. A fun albeit disconcerting show that will surely leave you baffled.
Distribution
Performed and written by: Yann Frisch
Co-written by: Raphaël Navarro
Dramaturge: Valentine Losseau
Lighting design: Elsa Revol
Clown performance consultant: Johan Lescop
Stage and costume design: Claire Jouët-Pastré
Set building: Bernard Painchault
Puppet design: Johanna Elhert
General management: Étienne Charles
Stage management: Brendan Corre, Étienne Charles
Sound and lighting management: Laurent Beucher
Communication and press: Sidonie Pigeon
Production
Coproduction : Le Channel, Scène Nationale de Calais (62) -L’Espal, Scène ConvenAonnée le Mans (72) -La Cité du Cirque, PRAC, Le Mans (72) -Le Carré magique, Pôle NaAonal des arts du Cirque de Lannion (22) -La grange Dîmière, Fresnes (94) -La Cascade, Pôle NaAonal des arts du Cirque de Bourg Saint Andéol (07) -La Brèche, Pôle NaAonal des arts du Cirque de Cherbourg -Octeville (50) -Théâtre de Cusset (03) -Cirque Théâtre, Pôle NaAonal des arts du Cirque -Haute Normandie (76) -Les Subsistances (69) -Circa, Pôle NaAonal des arts du Cirque, Auch (32) -L’Agora, Pôle NaAonal des arts du Cirque (24) -Théâtre Romain Rolland, Villejuif (94) -Le Théâtre du Rond Point, Paris (75) -Mes Scènes Arts -Le Train Théâtre, Portes les Valence (26) -Le lieu Unique , Nantes (44) -La Passerelle, Scène NaAonale de Saint Brieuc (22) -L’Avant Scène, Cognac (16). Soutenu par la DRAC et la Région des Pays de la Loire en partenariat avec Château de Monthelon, Montréal -Svet, les Coevron, Evron (53) -l’Espace périphérique, Paris (75). © photo Christophe Raynaud de Lage
FROM JULY 20 TO 29 (BREAKS ON 23, 24) AT 8.30pm
LE MONFORT • PARIS 15ÈME
1h10
ALL AUDIENCES FROM 14 y.o
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Thursday 20 July - 08pm30
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Friday 21 July - 08pm30
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Saturday 22 July - 08pm30
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Tuesday 25 July - 08pm30
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Wednesday 26 July - 08pm30
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Thursday 27 July - 08pm30
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Friday 28 July - 08pm30
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Saturday 29 July - 08pm30
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