RICHARD III, Yohann Pencolé, after William Shakespeare - The Doll That Burns

Théâtre Michel Portal, Place de la liberté

Daring to adapt this Shakespeare masterpiece with one actor, three dancers and… twenty-three life-sized puppets: that is the bold and successful wager of Yoann Pencolé! Richard III tells the brutal rise and fall of a political monster: Richard of Gloucester. This infamous, deformed and unscrupulous character is ready to do anything to seize the English throne. But once king, he is haunted by madness and fear. The large puppets surrounding the actor dominate the stage. And if Richard III can manipulate everyone, it is indeed the dance choré…