Jean-Pierre Vincent
Jean-Pierre Vincent
Meeting Massera
© Jean-Charles Massera ©
Meeting Massera
Essay proposed by Jean-Pierre Vincent and his company
adapted from texts of Jean-Charles Massera
With Gauthier About, Simon Bellouard, Anne Cantineau, Charlotte Corman, David Geselson, Guila-Clara Kessous, Nathalie Kousnetzoff,
Alain Macé, Douce Mirabaud, Sylvie Pascaud.
Coproduction Adami ; Studio Libre ; Festival d'Automne à Paris
With Théâtre de la Cité Internationale
With the support of CENTQUATRE
Meeting Massera is director Jean-Pierre Vincent’s exploration of texts by Jean-Charles Massera, the author of United emmerdement of New Order. Working with his company, he has sought to reveal the humor and topicality of this work: “It’s funny, both timely and untimely, and it tears everyday language apart, debunking our usual strategies to survive.”
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