by Laurent Pelly et Agathe Mélinand
stage direction Laurent Pelly
France
Creation 2000
Running time 2 hours 30 min
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Is it possible to put on a musical comedy today ? In what way can its form evolve ? Is it possible to invent a sociological musical comedy ? Or a sociological comedy with music ? Six writers, a composer, nine actor/singers, ten musicians and a director respond to these questions with the staging of their idea of a contemporary, polyphonic tale. The writers are fond of musicals and wanted to get into this particular genre. A television game show, a film without pictures, a fantasy about breeding, a drama in the workplace triggered by a bitten ear, a conservatory that is too conservative - this is the time for short musicals. The six mini-musicals happily deride the defects of our society against a background of rock music, rap, urban sounds, revised classical, jazz and ambient noise. Six short comedies that make a whole and manage to renew the genre with a devilish twist.
text by : Sophie Chérer, Pascale Henry, Francois Margolin, Agathe Mélinand, Tilly and Jean-Philippe Toussaint
music : Thierry Boulanger
set design : Chantal Thomas lighting Joël Adam
costumes : Laurent Pelly sound Eric Fodil and Pierre Sampagnay
director's assistant : Nicolas Favre
cast : Christine Brotons, Alyssa Landry, Odja Llorca, Florence Pelly, Lydie Pruvot, David Bursztein, Fred Cacheux, Gilles Vajou, Jacques Verzier
musicians : Thierry Boulanger (keyboards and conductor), Andy Barron (drums, percussion), William Chabbey (guitars), Michel Chionchini (percussion), Olivier Destéphany (trombone), Gil Lachenal (bass) Franck Lincio (accordion), Jorge Peirano (saxophones, flutes), Vincent Pagliarin (violin), Vincent Thomas (clarinet)
