Duration 30min
Adult Audience, Ages 12 and Up
Edouard
Staging and performance Pierre TUAL text Sebastien Joannez Knowing Glances Sylvie Baillon, Eric Goulouzelle and Guillaume Hunout
Production See You Tomorrow, My Love. co-production The Pile of Sand at Green Bellies – National Puppet Center
Kneeling in the shadows behind a rickety old table, clinging to it like a shipwrecked sailor to his raft, Édouard Poch Murmurs. He is barely visible, but when he speaks, we glimpse his hands playing with a small knife. He tells us about his childhood as a dunce, his failed marriage, his mind-numbing factory job. In fragments, he reveals what remains of his form life, before it began to fade away.
Edouard This is a short performance based on a beautiful text by Sébastien Joanniez. Alone on stage, the actor plays with a few seemingly insignificant objects: chalk, small parts of crumpled paper, a penknife… Designed for Intimate Venues and Small Audiences (Between 30 and 60 Spectators), this show has already been performed in many locations: Private Homes, Cafes, Theater Dressing Rooms, Parking Lots, Cellars…
