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Les Etablissements Lafaille (FR)
The very very secret theft of Géricault's great "Raft of the Medusa" by a very very discreet duo

It’s already too late. It’s daylight. They’re out in the open, in the middle of the city, vulnerable. They shave the walls with their stolen 2 x 1.40-metre painting. The sidewalks lay traps for them, the bus shelters, posts and benches are an incomprehensible labyrinth. All eyes are on them. They have no choice but to do everything in their power to disappear. And that’s precisely what’s leading them to disaster. They are like two castaways clinging to the stolen work like a raft.

 

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Duration: 30 min

The very very secret theft of Géricault's great "Raft of the Medusa" by a very very discreet duo

It’s already too late. It’s daylight. They’re out in the open, in the middle of the city, vulnerable. They shave the walls with their stolen 2 x 1.40-metre painting. The sidewalks lay traps for them, the bus shelters, posts and benches are an incomprehensible labyrinth. All eyes are on them. They have no choice but to do everything in their power to disappear. And that’s precisely what’s leading them to disaster. They are like two castaways clinging to the stolen work like a raft.

 

INFO

Duration: 30 min

About the company

“Les Etablissements Lafaille” was founded in 2017. “La faille” in French means “the Flaw”. Being trained as clowns, imperfection calls on them, moves them. ”At the bottom of every flaw exists a thread that we do our best to pull because this is a golden thread. We are imperfect so we are precious. A flaw is a space, an empty space, in which everything can exist, from where everything can come out.”

A duo influenced by the imaging and language of Chaplin and Lloyd’s silent movies.
For more info: www.lesetablissementslafaille.com

Credits

On stage : Marion Gouvernet, Arnaud Nedelec, Caroline Violier, Tony Noyers
Concept: Tony Noyers + assistants: Emilie Goupil and Isabelle Osmas
Painting: Camille Besnard (reproduction af “Raft of the Medusa” af Théodore Géricault)
Scenography: Bernard Fournier