The grass is green, the trees are swaying in the wind... What idyllic scenery! But let's not discount human stupidity. After so long wasting resources and lowering taxes to the point that the town can't afford to have the streets cleaned, the rats have taken over! Madame mayor is desperate to find a solution, when at last a musician offers to take care of the problem. How? With his instrument, a trombone—which the mayor mistakenly calls a flute. And it works! But the townsfolk don't want to pay him, and it will cost them dearly... Joachim Latarjet uses the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm as the basis for a cruel and funny musical show which seems to echo our own times. As the piper, he faces a number of characters played by actress Alexandra Fleischer, whose various points of view encourage us to compare, challenge, and question them. An exploration of music, of course, and of the usefulness of art, but also of this incredible gift humans seem to have to wound and dirty their own world.
Distribution
With Alexandra Fleischer, Joachim Latarjet
Text, music, direction Joachim Latarjet
Artistic collaboration Yann Richard
Lights Léandre Garcia-Lamolla
Video Alexandre Gavras, Julien Téphany
Sound Tom Ménigault
Costumes Nathalie Saulnier
Production
Production Théâtre de Sartrouville et des Yvelines Centre dramatique national, Compagnie Oh ! Oui...
With the support of Drac Île-de-France