Jean-Marie Russo's outlook on things in life is very dark.
A couple stays in a holiday camp set up a stone's throw from a battlefield (we hear the bombs exploding).
Another is subject to a balance of power within an excessively hierarchical society.
Yet another wonders about the origin of the universe and its sustainability.
Through his play aptly titled
Big Bang Circus
, the author, also actor and director, asks himself metaphysical questions.
What world do we live in?
What future awaits us and what can we do with the present?
He shares his fears and his pessimism with his partner, the excellent Clara Pirali.
Both are in sweatshirts, white pants and matching tennis shoes.
The neutrality of their outfit contrasts with the harshness of the words.
Illuminated by the lights of Alexandre Boghossian, the beings they embody are in suffering, far from being in agreement with themselves or with the planet in danger because of the madness of men.
We're in trouble!
seems to say Jean-Marie Russo.
In the plural, he also co-signed the scenography with Catherine Nadal.
The decor is made up of a set of immaculate kitchen units, lockers without doors that the two actors move.
If they want to make you think, it's successful.
Until March 16, at the Manufacture des Abbesses theater 7 rue Véron Paris 18th. Loc. : 01 42 33 42 03