The first misunderstanding about this work, written in the Victorian era, that is to say between the 19th and 20th centuries, when industrialisation was in full swing and Puritanism was taking hold, is that it could be dismissed as a simple children’s tale. Covering our relationship with time, childhood, and the power of wonder, it has the depth of universal fables and follows in the footsteps of Oscar Wilde’s intense Portrait of Dorian Gray and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Then there’s a director, Jean-Christophe Hembert (we still remember his Fracasse presented in Carouge in 2022), a lover of theatre, literature, and the union of the two that the stage permits, who took this masterpiece and restored its complexity as well as its lightness, placing, as James Matthew Barrie, Wendy before Peter. Under his direction and the talent of his team, the play displays all its dramatic power. As playful as it is scathing, as dark as it is joyful, it reinvents this founding myth at the heart of our times with the virtuosity of reminding us, as the character Flocon tells the audience, that «in this game, pretending is real ».
By James Matthew Barrie
Directed by Jean-Christophe Hembert
From 10 January
To 26 January 2025
Duration 1h30
Main stage
From 12 years old
Schedules
Tuesday – Friday at 7.30 pm
Saturday – Sunday 5 pm
Subtitles in english and french on 18 January 2025
By James Matthew Barrie
Directed by Jean-Christophe Hembert
From 10 January
To 26 January 2025
Duration 1h30
Main stage
From 12 years old
Schedules
Tuesday – Friday at 7.30 pm
Saturday – Sunday 5 pm
Subtitles in english and french on 18 January 2025
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