MONTESQUIEU-LAURAGAIS
Come along to the premiere of Le Monde de Gigi, an original, animalistic comedy set to music!
“A work unlike any other” Fresh Magazine Paris
“Rich in poetry, humour and symbolism with colourful characters” Roster Con
“This tale deserves to be made into a film, as the values it conveys would soften today’s world…” 20 minutes
The show: adapted from the novel of the same name
When a French cat and an English pigeon meet in Paris and become friends, the whole relationship between prey and predator is turned upside down. They are quickly arrested for disturbing the natural order. The case goes to court, where Gigi, a little girl with a strong character, acts as defence counsel. Guilty or innocent? The question becomes even more complicated when plants and celestial forces get involved…
More than a hundred years after Edmond Rostand’s Chanteclerc, the most unusual animals return to the stage to argue or fall in love in alexandrines, backed by musicians playing Rameau, Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Fauré and many others…
