La Tragédie Comique @ Various Venues

Directed by Ian Cameron, La Tragédie Comique is Plutôt La Vie's latest production – a one man show about love, discovery and the joy of being alive. Tim Licata takes the stage in this first translation of the play from French to English, which will tour Scotland through late May and June. 

Originally performed in 1988 by Yves Hunstad and created by the French theatrical team La Fabrique Imaginaire (Hunstad and Ève Bonfanti), the play follows a Character who is waiting for the Actor to tell his story. Observing him from birth and childhood, he anticipates he will grow into the Actor he needs, yet the Actor keeps putting this off. As the two interact and challenge each other, the play toys with the idea of identity, masks, fate, and forces the examination of the nature of theatre – what is fictional, what is a true story and what is reality?

Licata trained with Phillippe Gaulier at the famous Lecoq Physical Theatre School in Paris, which has produced many other exciting physical theatre performers. Lecoq's techniques and process for making work influence performers from across disciplines; from traditional clowns (as in, the circus clown) like the Alberti brothers in Cirque du Soleil's Dralion to the physical, almost brutal nature of Red Bastard, all the way to visually ensnaring physical theatre performers like Theatre Temoin. [Eric Karoulla]