A laugh-out-loud-silent comedy

Once upon a time today, in three small attic apartments in Paris, a big man, a tall thin man and a curvaceous blonde are neighbours. This would be a romantic story if it wasn’t for the fact that these three odd-balls have a special talent for messing things up. Messing everything up. With one disaster leading to another amidst a deluge of jokes, this quirky trio cling to anything that looks like love, life or hope.

Winner of the Molière Award for Best Comedy (2017) and coming to Sadler’s Wells as part of MimeLondon, this is a Grand-Guignolesque performance; objects fly around, characters fall flat on their faces and the whole stage is in total disarray from the various fires, leaks, storms and other whacky unexpected accidents that culminate in a dizzying chaos. Endearing, laugh-inducing and irresistible, our three anti-heroes shock us just as much as they make us cry… with laughter.

BIGRE / “Fish Bowl”
A production by Pierre Guillois
co-written by Agathe L’Huillier and Olivier Martin-Salvan

Production: Compagnie le Fils du Grand Réseau

Co-productions: Le Quartz, Scène nationale de Brest / Le Théâtre de L’Union – Limoges, Centre Dramatique National du Limousin / Le Théâtre de la Croix Rousse – Lyon

Supported by Institut francais du Royaume-Uni. & Lilas en scène – Centre d’échange et de création des arts de la scène

Le Fils du Grand Réseau theatre company is funded by the Regional Office of Cultural Affairs (DRAC – Bretagne) of the French Ministry of Culture.

Acknowledgements: The team at the Quartz, Scène nationale de Brest, Norbert Aboudarham, Claire Acquart, Laurence Breton, Armelle Ferron, Jean-Matthieu Fourt, Mrs Martin, Christophe Noël, Mickaël Phelippeau, Théâtre du Rond-Point, Théâtre de la Pépinière, Lyon Stores.

Special acknowledgements to Suzanna Rosenthal

Header image description: Three perfomers are walking from the right side of the image to the left. They are facing the camera with one arm up high and one leg lifted in a very exaggerated walk. They wear evening wear of suits and a red sparkly dress.

Header image © Fabienne Rappeneau