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Comedie Française (15)

Bertrand Usclat and Martin Darondeau’s hilarious love letter to the theatre, set during the chaotic three hours before the opening night of Shakespeare’s Macbeth at Paris’s prestigious Comédie-Française.

11 & 12 November

£9

The McCarthy

1h 15m

About

Bertrand Usclat and Martin Darondeau’s hilarious laugh-a-minute comedy is a wonderfully chaotic love letter to the theatre.

The Comédie-Française is one of France’s most revered arts institutions, and the oldest still-performing theatre company in the world. There is one golden rule: the play is NEVER cancelled. Unfortunately for theatre producer Nina (Pauline Clément), everything is unravelling just three hours before the premiere of her first production - an ambitious retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Her lead actor is stuck on a train, tensions are exploding, passions flaring, equipment breaking down and egos are clashing. With panic setting in and the clock ticking Nina must hold the show together at all costs. Will the show go on?

France’s big comedy of the summer and the runaway winner of four awards at the Alpe d’Huez Comedy Film Festival, Comédie Française is a delicious behind-the-scenes farce which is unafraid to poke fun at the highbrow reputation of French theatre. Featuring a cast of real-life members of the Comédie-Française company, this is a gleeful, knowing parody and a sheer delight.

In French with English subtitles.

Strong sex, language.

Credits

Directed by Bertrand Usclat & Martin Darondeau

Dates & Tickets

Wednesday

11th November

7:45pm

£9

Thursday

12th November

1:45pm

£9

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