Ariane's Laughter
MARTINE AU VIOL, live performance (not documented)
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Capacity: 300
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We put together a show about sexual assault, using every bit of humor we could muster. It’s cynical, mean, and sincere—it’s crass, dark humor because we envision: 1) the formation of an army of rapists waging war against each other; 2) the mass suicide of women to bring down patriarchy; and 3) a lot of oral sex. So don’t hesitate to bring your boyfriends, your friends, your dads, your grandpas: at one point, we ask them to let us slap them, and we really do it, then we spread out blood-stained laundry. Because today we’re laughing and making fun of it, but we’ve cried a lot.
Warning : This performance may be disturbing to some viewers.
We put together a show about sexual violence, with all the humor we could possibly muster. It’s cynical, mean, and sincere—deliberately inappropriate, sharp-edged comedy—because we imagine: 1) an army of rapists turning on each other, 2) the mass suicide of women to bring down the patriarchy, and 3) a whole lot of oral sex. So don’t hesitate to bring your guys, your boyfriends, your dads, your granddads: at one point, we invite them to get slapped, and we actually do it, and then we hang out blood-soaked laundry. Because today we laugh, and we laugh about it, but we’ve also cried a lot.
Warning: This show may be offensive to some viewers.
Le Rire d'Ariane Theater Company
MARTINE AU VIOL, a live performance not based on a documentary
Writers: Mélodie Fourmeaux and Célia Jaillet / Direction: Mélodie Fourmeaux and Célia Jaillet / Set Design: Ghil Meynard, Clément Morel / Lighting, Sound, Video: Léo Giai-Checa, Elsa Faure / Cast: Mélodie Fourmeaux, Célia Jaillet, Fiona Julien, Paul Labourgade / Costumes: Valentine Durand, Marilou Fourmeaux, Benjamin Gournay, Elsa Faure, Benjamin Jeannot, Ella Khalilzad / Music: Adri.e Pineaud and Nerea Dezac / Actresses and Video Participants: Irane Azmoudeh, Kadiatou Camara, Marie Champion, Néréa Dezac, Elsa Fafin, Laodicée Hazim, Marianne Humbert, Maëlle Garcia, Véronique Gawedzki, Jacques Girard, Sasha Goetschy, Myette Gravier, Agathe Groult, Sarah Jahanbakhsh, Margot Laverdant, Eloise Lenoble, Mylène Lerat, Anne Lorient, Theresa Machado, Laurène Marx, Jade Pappagallo, Leslie Pividal, Mathilde Riu, Yanhu Shi, Déborah De Robertis, Léonore Vanryssel, Julie Wauquiez.
SPONSORS: Théâtre des Clochards Célestes / RAMDAM Art Center / Théâtre de la Croix Rousse / ENSATT. SUPPORT: City of Chambéry / FDVA.