La Locandiera - Compagnie 800 Litres de paille À la Bibliothèque Gaspard Monge

La Locandiera

800 Litres de paille theatre company

Mirandoline, a free-spirited and independent woman, runs her inn single-handedly. Among her guests, a marquis and a count vie for her affections – one with his title, the other with his wealth. But when a fiercely misogynistic knight resists her advances, Mirandoline sets herself a challenge: to seduce him and shatter his convictions. And then there are also two actresses, a servant named Fabrice, some Burgundy wine… but, well, we’re not going to give the whole story away, are we!

As early as 1753, Carlo Goldoni – often dubbed the Italian Molière – revolutionised theatre with this comedy, the most famous in his repertoire, by creating one of the greatest female roles in Italian comedy, whilst encouraging performers to abandon the masks of the Commedia dell’arte.

After a detour to Molière to kick off the season, the 800 Litres de paille theatre company proves to us, by revisiting *La Locandiera* – a feminist play ahead of its time – that theatre is very much ALIVE!

Directed by Valentin Clerc; starring Jean-Malik Amara alternating with Valentin Clerc, Léa Mena-hem, Alice Perrier and Clémentine Vignais; stage manager Jean-Malik Amara; production and administration manager Aurélie Sirot