The Celestins Theater programme from September 19 to 29, 2024the room The Hilton Sisterscreation of the talented Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq. Both artists associated for this saison 2024-2025they open the ball in the large Italian-style hall with the true story (incredible and dramatic) of the Hilton sisters.
These two sisters, born Siamese at the very beginning of the last century, were overexploited throughout their lives, first by their adoptive mother (their natural mother having abandoned them at birth, thinking that their infirmity was a divine punishment!) then by her daughter’s husband… They would of course end their lives in poverty, not without having known fame and having travelled the world as “fairground animals”.
They even remained in posterity since they played in the cult film by Tod Browning, Freaksa cinema monument that pays homage to all those acrobats and other monsters who populated the world of the circus and cabaret in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Hilton Sisters, a play inspired by a true story to see at the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon
For this new creation, the two fellows – who have been a team since 2012 and to whom we owe the adaptation of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea et Gulliver’s Travels – offer a decor ““reminiscent of a circus ring”.
“At the centre of this will be an artists’ entrance, a sort of box of tricks from which different universes will appear each time the curtain opens.”they explain. Two actresses play the sisters, while two ring boys play all the other characters.
Music, magic, dance and puppets should be part of a show that aims to be total and for all audiences… and which plays with disciplines and borders, oscillating between laughter and tears, cabaret and theater, marvelous and trivial!
By programming this creation at the opening of its season, the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon intends to demonstrate that it is becoming a real player in supporting the theatrical creationwhether national or local.
Practical information
The Hilton Sistersfrom September 19 to 29, 2024, in the large hall of the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon. For families from 12 years old (duration: approximately 1 hour 45 minutes). Prices from 5 to 40 euros.
Tickets and program on theatredescelestins.com.
