This play takes us into the intimacy of a theatre dressing room where, from 1946 to the present day, a succession of entertainers have worked. Music-hall dancers, circus actresses and actresses all reveal their secrets, hopes and disappointments in this intimate women’s play. Directed by Marlène Canal and Christophe, this choral comedy paints a touching and universal portrait of the status of women in the artistic world, between glitter and melancholy.
The programme is enhanced by a musical comedy that promises to add an extra dimension to this eclectic season. Combining song, dance and theatre, this musical will be the perfect addition to the Luchonnais cultural offering, providing total entertainment that will appeal to all audiences, from the youngest to the oldest.
Robert Thomas’s classic thriller plunges us into the heart of a bourgeois mansion cut off from the world. When the master of the house is found dead with a knife in his back, eight women become suspects. In this Christmas Day investigation, each reveals her secrets, weaknesses and motivations in a relentless game of truth. This play, adapted for the screen by François Ozon, remains a model of its genre, with its plot twists and complex female portraits.
The Compagnie de l’Émotion presents this intimate play exploring the unspoken secrets of a couple. Édouard and Flora are having breakfast on a fragrant summer morning, but this apparent harmony conceals subterranean tensions that will gradually emerge. This delicate work excels in the art of transforming a banal moment into a revelation of the complexities of modern relationships, subtly questioning the silences that inhabit married life.
As part of the Pink October campaign, “Les Roses”, volunteers from the Saint-Gaudens branch of the Ligue contre le Cancer, are presenting their prevention show. These courageous women, former sufferers turned activists, have teamed up with the Compagnie BB&BB and students from the 3A school for this production directed by Christophe Toublanc. Combining humour and emotion, this play deals with the prevention of women’s cancers in a light-hearted and hopeful way, transforming each performance into an act of citizenship and solidarity.
This modern comedy revisits the codes of vaudeville with infectious energy. From the moment the curtain opens, the show is a surprise: two ushers welcome the audience before revealing the emptiness of the stage. This mise en abyme heralds a play that juggles the expected and the unexpected, stringing together misunderstandings and misunderstandings to create a frenetic pace. An invitation to abandon your certainties about boulevard theatre and let yourself be carried away by a whirlwind of laughter and emotion.
The season closes in style with Georges Feydeau’s classic play, revisited by Compagnie Grenier Théâtre. The plot follows Fernand, a young man about to get married but caught up in an old affair. With its crossroads, disguises and twists and turns, this play deploys all the perfect mechanics of French vaudeville. An ideal end to the season, with guaranteed laughs and a rediscovery of one of the undisputed masters of boulevard theatre.
