The Marriage of Figaro

Wedding day for young Suzanne and her Figaro: everything seems ready... except that nothing is going to happen as planned. Count Almaviva covets the young fiancée, a debt resurfaces, interests intertwine, wounded hearts race and then strike back with cunning. Disguises, misunderstandings, and revelations follow one another: locked doors, hidden keys, anonymous notes, impromptu trials, and improbable hiding places... Masterpiece by Beaumarchais, Le Mariage de Figaro remains one of the most audacious comedies in his repertoire. Beneath the apparent lightness of a plot of thwarted nuptials, the author paints for us with humor the portrait of an era: a sharp critique of privileges, a reflection on equality and the freedom of desire, as well as a vibrant plea for women's rights. Three centuries before #MeToo, and still just as impactful! "The lines fly with lightness, the stage becomes a garden in perpetual effervescence, the bodies come alive in bursts that translate as much a celebration of life as a tremor of revolution." Le Soir Mise on stage and adaptation of the original text Dominique Serron - Avec Laurent Capelluto, Elfée Dursen, Vincent Huertas, Romane Lambert, Corentin Lini, Luc Van Grunderbeeck, Félix Vannoorenberghe or Léonard Berthet-Rivière (alternating), Laure Voglaire, Pascale Vyvère - Assistanat Estelle Renaud – Scénographie Claire Farah – Scenography assistance Chloé Schapira – Costumes Chandra Vellut – Lumières Xavier Lauwers – Musical advisor Thierry Cammaert – Maquillages Wendy Willems - A co-production of Théâtre du Parc with the Infini Théâtre, the Coop ASBL and Shelter Prod. With the support of ING and the Belgian federal Tax Shelter du Gouvernement. With the support of Tournées Art and Life.