Montreal Clown Festival
En Attendant Œdipe
Thursday, April 16, 7:30 PM (Free show)
En Attendant Œdipe
Written, directed and performed by François Blouin
Free Show
Date: Thursday, April 16, 7: 30 PM
Location: Maison de la Culture Claude-Léveillée
Audience: 12+, French
Duration: 75 minutes “according to the Gods’ will”
Reservation required. Tickets available 2 weeks prior.
It revolves around Œdipus, father, mother, love, freedom, monsters, teaching, Freud & Jung, gender, politics, the body, detective novels, Star Wars, Judith Butler and the gaze in silence.
Description
En Attendant Œdipe is a solo performance using clowning, mime, and improvisational acting to revisit Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex. In this approach, the fourth wall is broken, and the audience is actively involved. Between a lesson in mythology and a dramatic performance, the show aims to be as entertaining through the clown’s antics as it is profoundly thought-provoking.
It touches on themes of love, freedom, monsters, education, Freud & Jung, gender, politics, the body, detective novels, Star Wars, and moments of silence.
Co-Presentation La Maison de la Culture Claude Léveillée & MTL Clowns.
Photographer Credit: Maxime Brodeur
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