• The Beat & the Pulse
Théâtre Municipal de Fontainbleau et FONACT, France, 2022
~ An original theatre piece, conceived and directed by Jamie Bradley, created with FONACT actors
“She lived in blissful ignorance, quite unaware she was not a girl…”
A group of writers and dancers are accidentally thrown together via a 17th Century tale of transformation, love and deceit.
Combining original text, physical story-telling and vogueing dance culture, this piece is inspired by the Abbé de Choisi’s fantastical story The Counterfeit Marquise, as it rubs up against a young generation recalibrating their sense of gender and identity.
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Video teaser:
Jamie Bradley ~ director/writer
Cecilia Gali ~ designer
Fanny Marmouset ~ choreographer
Woody ~ lighting designer
Eléa Lecoq ~ sound designer
Charlotte Taylor ~ stage manager
Cast:
Thaïs Alessandrin
Riccardo Avati
Alexander Buchanan
Maya Chawla
Layla Chowdhury
Isabella Covelli
Ophelia Hunter
Ella Jarman
Ana Kasper
Elijah Lawrence
Amalie Macnaughtan
William Medland
Mathe Mikaberidze
Yana Popova
Bronte Sandwell-Moore
Amalia Sgoumpopoulou
Georgie Simson
Isabella Soboda
Annie Utzschneider
Rebecca Valean
Gayaneh Vlieghe
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Photography ~ Aurélien de Bonnefon