Show : The Other World

Through the visionary story of an expedition to the Moon, Cyrano de Bergerac delivers a bold critique of the political, religious and moral dogmas of his time, which still resonates today. Accompanied by two baroque musicians and lit by candlelight, Benjamin Lazar has been performing this show for more than twenty years with constant success. A suspended moment.

We know Cyrano's nose, his cape, even his peninsula. But what do we know about the 'real' Savinien of Cyrano de Bergerac, seventeenth-century novelist, freethinker and fencer, who inspired Edmond Rostand to create his eternal hero? Benjamin Lazar adapts his masterpiece for the theatre by lighting it with candlelight. A precious and captivating discovery.
Long before Jules Verne, Méliès or Avatar, The Other World is the story of an extra-terrestrial expedition, as the nascent astronomy of its time allowed us to imagine it. Certainly the first French science fiction essay, coupled with a fascinating philosophical treatise, whose hero will soon be heckled in his certainties and his Christianity. Because on the Moon we find strange flying machines, meals of smoke or books that we read with the
ears! Cyrano delivers here a bold critique of the political, religious and moral dogmas of his time, reasoning forcefully with our own. Breathtaking actor, director, singer and musician, Benjamin Lazar is a singular stage planet in his own right. His 'mythical' show has been touring for more than twenty years with equal success, taking the art of baroque diction, learned from the great Eugene Green, to great heights. Accompanied by two musicians from the aptly named Ensemble La Rêveuse, Benjamin Lazar takes us into a theatrical universe that is both stripped down and precious at the same time. The Other World is one of those suspended moments, out of time, where grace and fantasy are in perfect harmony.

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