16 – 17 October

La politique du pire

Booking Required

Performed by Adrien Barazzone, this one-man show assembles a whole municipal council on stage and turns the performance into a delightful carnival of egos. At the heart of the piece, a heated question about toppling a Woodrow Wilson statue for a conceptual work titled ‘Boule de papier’ unleashes a cascade of interventions, shifting certainties and contagious comic energy. Part satire, part human comedy, the piece mixes biting, absurd and whimsical humour to probe institutions, contradictions and ourselves.

In French.

Avenue de l'Ain 60
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Photo Credit: DR

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