Jean-Pierre Larroche - Les Ateliers du Spectacle (France)

Objects and sound machines meet in the hands of the artists. But things don’t always go as expected… strange and humorous things happen, such as a broom crossing the stage, producing a series of sound disturbances, a recorder moving with a limp and an axe that falls and chops the power cord… but in the end who’s in the command?

In the incredible set imagined by Jean-Pierre Larroche, the electropop duo UTO helps us unveil the happy accidents that happen between the mechanical or electronic mechanisms and humans.

The “show director” Jean-Pierre Larroche, a preeminent artist of the theatre of objects, likes to orchestrate phenomena. Here he rediscovers the sound objects and music that played a major role in his early productions.

^{"Can we still surprise adults? Yes, we can. At least if the name is Jean-Pierre Larroche and he experiences a deep pleasure and attraction towards objects, by the unexpected and chance. He is rightly called the master of ceremonies of the Object theatre. Beautiful."
-Ronny V. Wangenheim, Ruhr Nachrichten}

^{“A sound and visual bricolage for a mini-concert full of life (...). A charming musical reverie.”
-Mathieu Dochtermann, Toute la Culture}

BIO

The "show director" Jean-Pierre Larroche created the company Les Ateliers du Spectacle in 1988. His performances are written with his drawings, his words and the accompanying authors. He enjoys pulling plenty of strings on stage, uses chalk and a brush, plays with words, handles both the causes and its effects, works on stage with machine and remote action devices. He’s a scenographer and occasionally works with other directors or choreographers. Directs workshops in art schools or school contexts and practices other activities such as the invention of a curiosity office with Fabienne Yvert or – with Groupe n+1 – the creation of an imprecise mathematical vocabulary and the execution of scientific improv. Throughout the summer of 2019, worked in the transformation of Saint Pardoux, a village in Corrèze, in an ephemeral museum. Besides being illustrator, he builds objects and installations. He’s a teacher in the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, in Paris. He’s an architect and builds very special cabins. We had the opportunity to see his show Tête de Mort at FIMFA Lx12.

_CREDITS

_{Concept: Jean-Pierre Larroche, Émile Larroche, Neysa Barnett, Serge Dutrieux and the collaboration of Léo Larroche With: Neysa Barnett, Émile Larroche Lighting design: Jean-Yves Courcoux Sound design: Julien Fezans Device construction: Jean-Pierre Larroche, Etienne Tortosa, Emilien Diaz Production: Les Ateliers du Spectacle Coproduction: Les Transversales - Scène conventionnée de Verdun, Athénor Scène Nomade - CNCM, Saint-Nazaire Support: Anis Gras – Le lieu de l’autre – Arcueil. The company Les Ateliers du Spectacle is subsidised by Ministère de la Culture - Drac Île-de-France and Région Île-de-France}