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Theatre De L'Ange Fou

THEATRE DE L'ANGE FOU

  (1984 - )
Nationality:    French
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Theatre de lAnge Fou was created in Paris in 1984 by Corinne Soum and Steven Wasson, the last assistants of celebrated mime teacher, Etienne Decroux. Now based in London, this international company has produced more than seventeen original theatre works, and also authentic reconstructions of Decrouxs most famous mime pieces. As well as directing Theatre de lAnge Fous productions, Soum and Wasson lead courses at their own theatre school in London, Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique.

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below is a list of Theatre De L'Ange Fou's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Entangled Lives         Government Inspector         Man Who Preferred To Stand, The         Memories Of Unknown Ties         Orpheus Complex, The         Passage of Man         Resonance         Trial of Mr Punch, The

Entangled Lives

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This latest work from corporeal mime specialists Theatre de lAnge Fou is based on a poem by the twentieth century French writer, Jean Tardieu. Taking Tardieus powerful text as a starting point, Entangled Lives explores the duality present within each of us.

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part of London International Mime Festival 2001. The first Festival took place at The Cockpit Theatre and Arts Centre, London NW8, in January 1977. In that year the event was called The Cockpit Festival of Mime and Visual Theatre. It is now the longest running festival of its kind in the world. With the exceptions of 1983 and 1986, the Festival has taken place each year, featuring, in addition to workshops, films, debates and special events, performances by the following artists and companies.

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Government Inspector

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Scathing satire on bureaucracy and corruption. A great comedy that looks at the lengths petty officials will go to cover their inefficiency and minor crimes when a government inspector comes to call. First produced in 1836. In a small town at the back of nowhere corruption's rife and the Mayor and his cronies have got it made. Then they learn they're going to be subject to an undercover government inspection - and panic. Mistaking a penniless nobody for the inspector they swiftly fall victims to their own stupidity and greed. An adaptation. A sell-out success at the recent Edinburgh Festival, Theatre de lAnge Fous new piece The Government Inspector is based on Nikolai Gogols classic satire of bureaucracy and corruption in nineteenth century provincial Russia. This international companys large acting ensemble creates memorable stage pictures in a seamless flow of inventive movement.

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adapted from work by Nikolai Gogol

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe    2001

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Man Who Preferred To Stand, The

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London International Mime Festival. The first Festival took place at The Cockpit Theatre and Arts Centre, London NW8, in January 1977. In that year the event was called The Cockpit Festival of Mime and Visual Theatre. It is now the longest running festival of its kind in the world. With the exceptions of 1983 and 1986, the Festival has taken place each year, featuring, in addition to workshops, films, debates and special events, performances by the following artists and companies.

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London International Mime Festival    1995

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Memories Of Unknown Ties

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London International Mime Festival. The first Festival took place at The Cockpit Theatre and Arts Centre, London NW8, in January 1977. In that year the event was called The Cockpit Festival of Mime and Visual Theatre. It is now the longest running festival of its kind in the world. With the exceptions of 1983 and 1986, the Festival has taken place each year, featuring, in addition to workshops, films, debates and special events, performances by the following artists and companies.

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London International Mime Festival    1997

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Orpheus Complex, The

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From Ovid to Cocteau, the myth of Orpheus is the eternal mystery play of loss, sacrifice, and the shaking of one's self in order to find one's self. Set in an absurd and imaginary psychiatric institution, under the spell of an eccentric alienist, Ange Fou's adaptation of the myth portrays the descent of Orpheus into the underworld . This leap into a personal hell, a madness with scenes coming and going as in Alice, appears as an x-ray of the mind. In this voyage through the labyrinth of love , populated by a vaudevillian like mythic family, Orpheus is torn between his beloved Eurydice and his fascination for the mysterious incarnation of death. His dark night of the soul is an Everyman quest of being by dying through loving.

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devised by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum

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Passage of Man

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A special programme commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the father of modern mime, Etienne Decroux.

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Resonance/Passage of Man

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Resonance

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A special programme commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the father of modern mime, Etienne Decroux.

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Resonance/Passage of Man

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Trial of Mr Punch, The

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Someone may have made a false accusation against Mr. Punch, for one morning, he was arrested without having done anything wrong. . . or so he pleaded. . . And so begins a Kafkaesque journey through the mind of the infamous killer, Punch as he clobbers his way through Hell seeking the redemptive love of pretty Polly.

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London: Hoxton Hall    26 Jun 2010

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