An imposing Shakespearian actor tells (in incomprehensible English, even to an inhabitant of Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564) of one man’s (his ancestor, perhaps?) incredible centuries-long journey through Europe; a man who, by the banks of a fjord in the remote Faroe Islands (in a particular year which has probably long since been forgotten) is cursed by a mermaid he’d absent-mindedly caught in frozen (yet salty) waters under the paradoxically wonderful auspices of the Northern Lights, which were bejewelled, at that very moment, by a late flight of cranes on their way to Africa.

Think you already know everything that can happen in a comedy? Le Fils du Grand Réseau takes the techniques of delivering a wildly humorous show to another level.

Molière 2022 - best performance

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Cast: Olivier Martin-Salvan in rotation with Jonathan Pinto-Rocha, Pierre Bénézit & Marc Riso; Pierre Guillois in rotation with Grégoire Lagrange, Félix Villemur-Ponselle & Edouard Penaud

Technical direction: Colin Plancher

Cardboard design: Charlotte Rodière

Prop master: Emilie Poitaux

Sound designer: Loïc Le Cadre

Costume adviser: Coco Petitpierre

Tour assistant: Thylda Barès

Production management: Colin Plancher in rotation with Jérôme Pérez, Cyril Chardonnet, Coline Senée &Grégoire Plancher

Stage management: Emilie Poitaux in rotation with Elvire Tapie, Lorraine Kerlo Aurégan, Eve Esquenet & Cécile Jaillard

Photo credits: © Fabienne Rappeneau

International Distribution: Christelle Fleury

Distribution: Séverine André Liebaut, Scène 2

Administration: Sophie Perret

Administrative assistant: Fanny Landemaine

Production assistants: Margaux du Pontavice & Louise Devinck

Communication: Anne-Catherine Minssen, ACFM les Composantes

Producers:  Compagnie le Fils du Grand Réseau

Co-producers:  Ki M'Aime Me Suive, Le Quartz – Scène nationale de Brest, Carré du Rond-Point, Le Quai - CDN Angers Pays de la Loire, Tsen Productions, CDN de Normandie – Rouen, Le Moulin du Roc, Scène nationale à Niort, Comédie de Picardie, CPPC - Théâtre l’Aire Libre

Funding: Fonds SACD Humour/One Man Show, La Région Bretagne, Le Centquatre – Paris, Théâtre Sénart, Scène nationale

La Compagnie Le Fils du Grand Réseau is under agreement with the Ministry of Culture and Communication (DRAC Brittany)

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Performance in French, with translation into Romanian and English