Laughter (to get over yourself)

De Sara Selma Dolorès Le laughter wounds, but seriousness kills. So we take the risk of exposing ourselves to the delicious scratches of an irreverent artist. Le Soir Os and provocative. La Libre Mis confront our moral and moralistic contradictions, our trigger warnings and other new codes of conduct, the character whispers loudly, very loudly, what must not be said, what must no longer be said. And we burst out laughing. RTBF Stuck in a dazzling green dress, adorned with feathers and sequins, Sara Selma Dolorès – glamorous and clown – invites us to free ourselves from the destructive power of the spirit of seriousness. Accompagnée de Baxter, Olga Kalachnikova and Kimi Amen, she pushes all limits – including those of theater, stand-up and cabaret – and trusts us with the only possible alternative to ambient gloom: being mad. With transgression as a palliative to morals of all kinds, she takes us to the heart of her questions and contradictions. From intimate reflections to bar philosophy, this high-colored mistress of ceremonies insinuates herself where things creak... Tickled by a breath of celebration, we are contaminated by self-deprecation. What if the world – as we represent it so seriously – were more of a farce? Provoking, Laugh? Certainly. Uncomfortable? Never. Because there is in Sara Selma Dolorès a deep tenderness for the Other. Conception, direction, performance Sara Selma Dolorès | Performance Jean-Biche, Olga Kalachnikova, Kimi Amen | Dramaturgie Laurent de Sutter, Meryl Moens, Stéphane Olivier | Polymathe Pascal Lazarus | Directing assistant Amandine Servranckx | Body prosthetics, hairstyles and makeup Rebecca Flores Martinez | Costumes Bastien Poncelet | Costume assistance Catherine Piqueray and Sylvie Thévenard | Scenography and technical direction Nicolas-Adrien Houtteman | Lighting design Rémy Urbain | Composition of songs Gil Mortio | Bouffonologue Cédric Paga (Ludor Citrik) | Diffusion Lauréline Bombaert. Production Cie Thank you For Coming & MoDul - Lauréline Bombaert. In coproduction with Balsamine, Varia – Theatre & Studio, Mars - Mons arts de la scène, Théâtre de Namur, Latitude 50, La Coop asbl and Shelter Prod. With the support of Fédération Wallonie-Brussels - Domaine du Cirque, de la Rue and Arts Forains, taxshelter.be, ING and the Tax Shelter of the Belgian federal government. With support in residencies from Studio Toast, Latitude 50, Ateliers Mommen, De Markten, Wolubilis, La Bellone and Maison poème