Simon Gauchet: The Tree Experience

La Maison du Théâtre, 12 Rue Claude Goasdoué

A French comedian, a Noh theatre actor, and… a tree. Around this trio a playful and poetic show is born where art and nature engage in an unexpected dialogue. On stage, the two actors present – one from the Western school, the other heir of Noh, a millennial Japanese tradition – exchange fragments of their lives, tell stories, and reveal their mythologies. In the center, a tree — silent, almost magical — watches over. Ghosts, narratives and figures then emerge, like memories to share. Between humor, poetry and joyful bricolage,…