First production / Theatre

25, 26, 27 and 28 MARCH 2010

Schedule: TBC

If I ask you to sing me a song, which one will you be picking? What does the song, humble and everyday-like, tell us about each person’s story? It all started during the Ça Tchatche#2! Week_End, when the company Oh! Oui... was commissioned by Les Subsistances to work with people of various origins on the songs that shaped their lives. This is how, in April 2009, and with the help of amateurs, the first chapter of My Way was born. Then, Joachim Latarjet and Alexandra Fleischer felt like pursuing this adventure, and going further into the stories and the music. So here comes My Way 2, a fully fledged musical focusing on songs, words, memories and exile.

See the synopsis (pdf in french/60kb)

In residence: 22 Feb - 28 March 2010

+++ Creative/Recreational Visit - “Chantier”: Sat 6 March at 4.30pm

How did this project, My Way 2, come about?

Joachim Latarjet : This My way was born out of our previous work with the people of La Guillotière area last season. From a trivial perspective, the song, we were talking about exile, the circulation of people, the desire to be here. This idea of the travelling language has been part of our work for a long time, actually Stille Nacht, a show we created at Les Subsistances, already dealt with the topic. Personally, I am the son of a Greek woman who flew her country, so it is very close to me. Basically, we wanted to use this material that was very close to these people’s hearts, an almost sociological venture, to take the show towards the journey, the wandering and the exile. We wanted to talk about the necessity to leave while using the triviality of the song. There will be four actors and two musicians on stage, in a very musical show which will use all the subterfuges of song, lip-synching, karaoke… in order to create a flow of collected speech and take it further.

Background

Joachim Latarjet is a musician and a trombone player. He co-founded with Alexandra Fleischer the company Oh! Oui… and has directed musicals such as Du travail bien fait, F. le Fou, l’assassin, Oh! Oui…, Hox, Acte V, Happy end, Stille Nacht (created at Les Subsistances during the Ça Tchatche! WeekEnd in 2008), There it is, and a screening with live music on Charley Bowers, genius handyman. Latarjet is also a founding member of company Sentimental Bourreau. He has been involved in all the productions of this theatre company from 1989 to 2004. He has also worked with Michel Deutsch on Imprécations II, IV, 36 and he has composed the soundtrack for Philippe Decouflé’s Solo. As from the start of the 2008-09 season, he is, together with Alexandra Fleischer, an associate artist with La Filature (Scène nationale de Mulhouse).

Cast and Crew

Created by Joachim Latarjet & Alexandra Fleischer.

Directed and music by Joachim Latarjet.

With Nicolas Barrot, Jean-Marc Desmond, Alexandra Fleischer, Joachim Latarjet, Armelle Letanneux, Alexandre Théry.

Set Manager: Philippe Bouttier.

Videos by Alexandre Gavras, Mathilde Bertrandy.

Lighting by Léandre Garcia Lamolla.

Sound by Samuel Pajand.

Admin: Christine Tournecuillert

Co-produced by Oh! Oui….

Co-production & Residency: Les Subsistances, Lyon 2009/2010

Coproduced by La Filature, scène nationale de Mulhouse / Le Nouveau théâtre, CDN de Besançon.

Residence provided by: Le Carré-Les Colonnes, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles-Blanquefort.

With the support of ADAMI and SPEDIDAM. SPEDIDAM (Société de Perception et de Distribution des Droits des Artistes-Interprètes de la Musique et de la Danse) is an organisation of artists and performers designed to manage the rights of artists and performers (musicians, singers and dancers) in terms of recordings, distribution and the use of recorded performances.

The premise for this show was born at Les Subsistances in Lyon as a curtain raiser for the Ça Tchatche! Weekend #2 - April 09

Price

€5

Duration

1h30

Link

www.ohoui.org