Programme 2022

Compagnie 32 Novembre

A Vue. Magie Performative

Programma soort: Main programme
Genre: Illusion
Herkomst: France

Classic illusions get a remarkable theatre make-over in this tantalising magic performance for the 21^st century. The exciting Compagnie 32 Novembre are the new trendsetters.

Entrance

€ 16,-

Duration

60 minutes

Language

Language no problem

Location

Grand Theatre

Accessibility

This show is sold out

Illusion as artform

It all happens right before your very eyes. And you have no idea how they do it. The innovative theatre performance by the French group Compagnie 32 Novembre is packed with charming illusions. Forget everything you think you know about illusionism and magic tricks: this young company creates its own standard of rules, truly revolutionising this genre in the process.

In A Vue. Magie Performative (In plain sight. Performative magic) six talented illusionists perform six near magical acts. Like true alchemists, they appear to distillate the essence of magic simply from raw basic materials. They are completely immersed in their act: their bodies, precision and craftsmanship all magically connected. In short delicate scenes they interchange identity, transcend objects and suspend bodies in the air. The laws of nature regarding matter, time, air – as well as life itself – are magically transformed. Though all separate ingredients of this performance are in plain sight present on stage, their combined usage will completely take you by surprise. Can you figure out how they do it?

With follow-up discussion on the 20th of August at 4 p.m.

Men with a thousand hands, what you make us believe is more real than reality, whichis a dream (...). Your lies give us more to marvel at than our reality.

Author: Jean Cocteau

Dates

Ticket sales start at 6 June at 12:00 (noon).

Thursday 18 August
Friday 19 August
Saturday 20 August

Thursday 18 August

Available times

19:30

This show is sold out

Friday 19 August

Available times

19:30

This show is sold out

Saturday 20 August

Available times

19:30

This show is sold out

About the artist

Compagnie 32 Novembre has moved away from the usual forms of magic and plays with the expectations that come with it. When Maxime Delforges and Jérôme Helfenstein first met, they were both passionate magicians fascinated by each other's worlds. They soon decided to work together to discover their common language. In 2011, they set up Compagnie 32 Novembre, in 2014 their first joint show CloC premiered.

Credits

Conceived and executed | Maxime Delforges and Jérôme Helfenstein
Co-writer and director | Fabien Palin
Live-sounddesign | Marc Arrigoni
Light-design | Samaël Steiner
Costume-design | Sigolène Petey
Technic-performers | Marc Arrigoni, Marianne Carriau, Gaspard Mouillot en Aude Soyer
Stage management | Aude Soyer en/of Adrien Wernert
Set design | Nicolas Picot, Victor Maillardet, Jeremie Hazael-Massieux
Production and tour booking " Geneviève Clavelin
Production and administration: Pauline Horteur
Coproducers | Bonlieu, Scène nationale à Annecy (France, 74) Les Subsistances, Lyon (France, 69)Théâtre du Vellein, Villefontaine (France, 38)Groupe des 20, Scènes publiques Auvergne Rhône-Alpes. Dispositif Créa-Diff. Théâtre des Collines, Cran-Gevrier (France, 74) L’Esplanade du Lac, Divonne-les-Bains (France, 01) Centre social et culturel du Parmelan (France, 73)