Saturday, December 7, 2019

THEATER THAT MAKES THE STREET THE STAGE


BEGINS WITH A VIOLINIST ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE STREET 
(IN JUNE 2022)



As dusk falls, having players introduced as roles are assigned introduces them.

Then sixteenth-century music leads the public through the streets:



Players and public arrive at a passage and courtyard...





Wigs evoke the fairies of A Midsummer's Night's Dream...


Neighbors watch: 



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"AS WE LIKE IT"
 
Christophe Sigognault wrote the libretto  
and played Falstaff for the Gaby Sourire Company.

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Did this production inspire the creator
of the opening ceremony of the Olympics
to use the city as background two years later?
 

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