The Secrets of the Medusa
Everyone knows the painting, but no one knows the story...
Viper in fist
The first stage adaptation of this literary classic.
About
One of the greatest novels in French literature brought to the stage for the first time: a violent and funny one-man show with a sharp writing style.
Jean, known as Brasse-Bouillon, and his brothers wage a merciless war against their mother, a ruthless and cruel woman they have nicknamed Folcoche.
This is a vital and incendiary account that blows the traditional conventions of the parent-child relationship out of the water. Somewhere between fiction and autobiography, Hervé Bazin paints a portrait of a detestable yet endearing family, defied by a child’s cry of revolt.
‘Hate, even more than love, keeps you busy.
Details
At the Theatre the Lucernaire Paris
19 March to 25 May 2025
Tuesday to Saturday at 7pm
and Sunday at 3.30pm
Genre: One-man show
Running time: 1 hour 15 minutes
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Press coverage
FIGAROSCOPE ♥♥♥♥ “Excellent Aurélien Houver. This young actor with a strong presence gives a fluid performance of the adaptation he made with Victoria Ribeiro, who directs (…) we are impressed by the quality of their work, which is as polished as it is sober.”
ELLE “The result is particularly successful. (…) It’s funny, moving and terribly violent too.”
FRANCE INTER – LE MASQUE ET LA PLUME “Amazing! A lot of probity and emotion.”
LE PARISIEN ★★★★ “Lively, intense, feverish (…) the actor captures the ferocity of the story with talent.”
Artistic team
Author Hervé BAZIN
Directed by Victoria RIBEIRO
With Aurélien HOUVER
Lighting Idalio GUERREIRO
Costume Corinne ROSSI
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