The actresses of Hop ad hoc take the architecture of the Musée Breton and Manoir de Kernault as their starting point. Their theatrical visits reinterpret the buildings with humour, breaking with the format of a conventional guided tour. The programme links both heritage sites, inviting participants to begin at one and continue the experience at the other.
Tag: comedy
Vaille que vaille at Savigny
The Sans Attendre collective revisits the Copiaus troupe in Vaille que vaille, a cabaret commissioned by Maison Jacques Copeau. Actors and comic mischief bring this chapter of Burgundy’s theatre history into the performance. The package pairs the show with estate wine and a regional meal of Cîteaux and Comté gougères, roast pork and apple tart.
L’HippoCampe: Cabaret des animaux
L’HippoCampe arrives as a travelling theatre drawn by Breton draft horses, carrying a cabaret troupe of actors, circus artists and musicians. Le cabaret des animaux à fleur de peau turns Jean de La Fontaine’s fox, crow, frog, donkey, ant and cicada into comic mirrors of human impulses. Songs, clowning and live music give the fables an irreverent family form, while the horse-drawn stage keeps spectacle and Breton equestrian know-how connected.
Un Monsieur attendait… in Azay-le-Rideau: Absurd Cabaret
Théâtre de l’Ante presents Un Monsieur attendait… in Azay-le-Rideau. The absurd cabaret combines music, songs and theatrical text as part of the company’s Touraine touring programme. Commissioned by the Indre-et-Loire departmental council, the production takes the company’s work into regional venues through its established travelling theatre activity.