Compagnie L'Immédiat / Camille Boitel (France)
L'Immédiat
UK Premiere
Barbican Theatre
Wed 18 > Sat 21 Jan
7.45pm
After-show Discussion: Fri 20 Jan
Runs 60 mins / no interval
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£16 - £28
Tel: 0845 121 6839‘They survive life’s chaos with warmth and wit. Astonishing’. Le Point
‘Incredible and total mastery’. L’ExpressL’Immédiat is here and now.
On a stage crammed with machinery, objects, junk and bric a brac of every kind, L’Immédiat is Camille Boitel’s tumultuous, visual commentary on the uncertainty and mayhem of modern times.
In sixty minutes of beautifully orchestrated circus-theatre chaos, seven young acrobat-adventurers defy a tsunami of unstable forces that threatens to engulf them, with optimism, dark humour and breathtaking physical skills.
Camille Boitel trained at Annie Fratellini’s circus school in Paris. In 2002 he was a winner at the first Jeunes Talents Cirque, Europe’s most prestigious new circus awards.
He was an original member of James Thiérrée’s Junebug Symphony Company and made his debut at the Mime Festival with a remarkable solo, L’Homme d’Hus in 2005.
Created in 2007, L’Immédiat has toured throughout Europe and was awarded the Prix Mimos in 2010.Age guidance 8+
Performers: Marine Broise, Aldo Thomas, Pascal le Corre, Camille Boitel, Thomas Debroissia, Marion Lefebvre, Jacques Benoit Dardant
Presented in association with the Barbican
Production: Cie La Mere Boitel. Co-production: Le Merlan, scène nationale à Marseille; Théâtre de la Cité internationale, Le Manège, scène nationale de Reims. This visit to London is supported by Institut français.
