At Théâtre de la Concorde, theater is seen as a civic act. With Kroum l’Ectoplasme, directed by Elsa Saladin-Benattar, theater students from Conservatoire Nadia et Lili Boulanger take on the biting, satirical comedy by the great playwright Hanoch Levin to explore our identities, our vulnerabilities, and our dreams.
Kroum l’Ectoplasme, a biting, satirical comedy by Hanoch Levin, directed by Elsa Saladin-Benattar with theater students from Conservatoire Nadia et Lili Boulanger. Kroum returns home. He has seen nothing, learned nothing, experienced nothing, and tries to give meaning to his life… As is often the case in Hanoch Levin’s plays, Kroum’s hopes and dreams collide with everyday life and the dead ends of the human condition. His fantasies give way to a far less appealing reality. Around this antihero, a host of characters with insignificant daily lives try, in vain, to find happiness and quietly let life pass them by. On stage, fifteen students present multiple slices of life: that of Kroum, his mother, Takhti le joyau, Trouda-la-bougeotte, Tougati-l’affligé, Doupa-la-godiche, Shkitt le taciturne… It takes place in a neighborhood like so many others, with its families, its loves, and its friendships. Could this neighborhood, its loves, its friendships, and its everyday characters be our own? With humor, this play questions our identities, our fears, our vulnerabilities, our dreams, and the meaning we give to our own lives… Directed by Elsa Saladin-Benattar
Source: paris.fr — photo: Conservatoire Nadia et Lili Boulanger