Concert lovers are not yet at the party and theaters are still coming to terms with a binding protocol. But in La Rochelle, Poitiers, Angoulême or Niort, life resumes on the cultural scenes of the region.
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For this much hoped-for revival, we could have invited Ionesco and his famous play, “Les Chaises”. It seemed rather appropriate to us. But for the majority of show organizers and other venue managers, it is rather Kafka who is still at the top of the bill in this never-ending health crisis. So of course the live performance is not dead and artists and programmers are still standing, or rather sitting therefore. All, in any case, like you frustrated spectators, want to meet again and whatever the constraints.
This weekend, the curtain finally rises and, like his colleagues, Jérôme Lecardeur is simply “happy”. It has been over a year since the director of TAP Poitiers sail by sight. A special and, paradoxically, very busy year for all theater teams. “What people don’t know is that we worked like crazy! There are artists that we have programmed four times, a season is a house of cards and when you take one away, It’s a mess. And, at the same time, the TAP has been opened for residencies and rehearsals over 200 days. “
TAP poster “There are no more seasons!”
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© TAP de Poitiers
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“There’s more season !” therefore ironically displays the APR. Wednesday June 2 at 7 p.m., Deborah Lukumuena will be alone on stage to play Anguille la Comorienne, heroine of Ali Zamir’s poignant novel adapted by Guillaume Barbot. Only a third of the seats will be occupied, as foreseen by the provisional protocol. But to make up for lost time, as much as possible, the national scene has decided to play extra time with 25 shows until July 10, 25 shows free!
“Basically, by not playing, we saved money and we had state aid that worked very well, so let’s benefit those who are missing from this scene, the public” is justified Jérôme Lecardeur , “It will be a way to get back in touch with them at the best place with compulsory reservation and a limit of six tickets per person. Whether we play for 3, 30 or 300 like the current gauge, we will do it and we will do it well. “.
“Anguille sous roche” by Guillaume Barbot will be the reunion show of TAP and its audience
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© P.Victor
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A Mermaid in La Rochelle, we also decided to reconnect with the public, even if a current music room program is hardly compatible with the jump seat mode. This Friday, subscribers are therefore invited to discover Renaud Brustlein alias H-Burns who with his Stranger Quartet pays tribute to Léonard Cohen. Next week, it will be around the Maxime Delpierre Trio and Sofa to remind us of this sweet sensation of kneading our eardrums in front of amps … sitting down.
H-Burns will be the first artist to perform live at The Mermaid in … a long time.
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© Louis Canadas
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“We had residences that were set within our walls in May so we offer our subscribers to take advantage of them anyway,” explains boss David Fourrier, “we wanted to explain to them that by going from 1,200 places to 140 in seated version, the economic model for this first period of deconfinement is impossible for a room like ours. We will have four or five proposals including Bertrand Belin at La Coursive in June, and so far I have not heard from us. from our government that September will be synonymous with a return to real life, so we’re just waiting “.
On June 6, Bertrand Belin will be at the Coursive de La Rochelle, a concert organized by La Sirène
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© Guillaume Bonnefont/Maxppp
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In the same way, the CAMJI in Niort remains on proposals “in distance”, as they say, for the moment. Saturday 22nd is indie rock from Jeliza rose which will be offered in live stream on social networks and on May 28, it will be the turn of the duo of The whole game. Until maybe better days and maybe “real” outdoor concerts this summer. Not very rock’n’roll, all that.
In Angoulême, the big theater, it strikes hard for this recovery with Buster by Mathieu Bauer, a film-concert in tribute to Keaton which will be played on the 1is and June 2. Six days later, it will be the Newman Project of Amine Adjina and Emilie Prévosteau. Two proposals only, but Sonia Kéchichian who took office in January 2020 has also reserved a few surprises for the Angoumois public.
“We have so loudly claimed the reopening that we are not going to spoil our pleasure by being choosy”, tells us the director of the theater, “we are therefore offering two shows and, in addition, public rehearsals next week (with nearly a hundred people who have already booked), and in June, festive gatherings around feminist literature and a DJ evening at the bar. Because what is important today is conviviality, of renewing this link with the public, exchanging, talking, meeting each other because that is the heart of our mission. This year and a half of closure will leave traces and we will have to support the movement of return to cultural places “.
We also strongly advise you not to miss “The Not Big Thing” by Johann Le Guillerm at La Coursive de La Rochelle on June 26, 27 and 28. We could also have told you about La Coupe d’Or in Rochefort with Philippe Caubère and “Letters from my Mill” from May 25 to 28, from The Avant Scene in Cognac with “La Dispute” by Mohamed El Khtaid on Sunday May 30th. Of course we forget, but the important thing is elsewhere. Finally, we can say it: The show must go on!
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