Performed by Vincent Berger, Olivia Corsini, Katia Ferreira, Mathias Labelle, Liza Lapert, Xavier Maly, Pierre Timaitre, Gérald Weingand
For his new “film performance”, director Cyril Teste is staging a free adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s La Mouette [The Seagull]. The creation combines theatre and cinema, getting as close as possible to the actors’ bodies, energy and emotions. Trigorin, a […]
Performed by Sara Llorca, Elie Youssef, Raymond Hosny, Thomas Poitevin
La Terre se révolte [The Earth Revolts] is a joint project by director Sara Llorca and the Syrian poet – and refugee in France – Omar Youssef Souleimane, which combines theatre and dance to question the theme of otherness. The […]
Performed by Tora Augestad, Bendix Dethleffsen, Michael von der Heide, Nikola Weisse
A key figure in European theatre, Christoph Marthaler comes to Lyon for the first time with King Size, a vibrant mix of zany, musical and melancholic comedy. King Size immerses the audience in the ostentatious decor of a bourgeois vaudeville, […]
Performed by David Ayala, Bruno Bayeux, Jean-Alexandre Blanchet, François Caron, Jacques Chambon, Caroline Cons, Thomas Cousseau, Aurélia Dury, Eddy Letexier, Véronique Sacri, Loïc Varraut
Jean-Christophe Hembert is known for his role in television and film as Karadoc de Vannes in Kaamelot. Returning to the theatre, he is now directing a flamboyant adaptation of Captain Fracasse. In his novel Captain Fracasse, Théophile Gautier takes us […]
Performed by Guillaume Gallienne
With joy and avidity, Guillaume Gallienne returns to the one-man-show Francis, the Holy Jester directed by his stage mentor, Claude Mathieu. This is the story of Saint Francis of Assisi, as portrayed by the political and facetious pen of Dario […]
Performed by Anne De Boissy et Jean-Philippe Salério
In 2019, Anne de Boissy and Jean-Philippe Salério were awarded the first Prix Célest’1 for their performance in Ça marchera jamais. They are now back at Les Célestins with this jubilant take on the paths to failure. And to success. […]
Performed by Alfred
Performed by Flore Babled (en alternance), Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat, Sébastien Boudrot, Vincent Debost, Jérôme Deschamps, Pauline Deshons, Aurélien Gabrielli, Elsa Guedj (en alternance), Guillaume Laloux, Josiane Stoleru, Pauline Tricot
The creator of the French comedy TV series “Les Deschiens” brings The Bourgeois Gentleman to the stage. Accompanied by the Musiciens du Louvre, he takes on the role of Monsieur Jourdain, directing a zany and dreamlike comedy ballet. Monsieur Jourdain […]