Strange things are happening at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche.
It is said that in the evening, the ghost of a young woman would haunt the 2nd floor.
Stabbed in 1862, she would be condemned to wander in the shopping aisles until her murderer was found… Every Friday and Saturday after closing time, around thirty actors play
Au Bonheur des Dames
, an immersive play freely adapted from the Emile Zola's masterpiece.
Needless to say that the saga of the founders Aristide and Marguerite Boucicaut inspired the author of
Nana
and
Germinal.
This is the original idea of Frédéric Bodenes, artistic director of the BM, directed by Juliette Colin of the Crumble Production troupe to celebrate the 170th anniversary of the department store.
“
Ten years ago, I attended a performance of
Sleep No More,
the famous New York show, inventor of this new genre of theatre
, says Frédéric Bodenes.
I admit I didn't understand much at the time but I found the experience incredible
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