Les Apiculteurs

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It all starts with the sound of shells exploding. An abandoned, unarmed soldier wanders onto the stage, like something out of a Soviet propaganda film. He soon finds himself confronted with an astonishing cast of characters, including a giant cuddly rat and the angel of death. He cooks up a bird in his helmet, gets into a fight with a telephone… and ultimately cedes the stage to a subtle evocation of the fall of Icarus.
Between each episode a band of strange characters in white suits appear, a chorus of beekeepers…

Les Apiculteurs is a piece inspired by the paintings of Brueghel the Elder and Jérôme Bosch. Nicolaï Rostchine and his collective serve up an immensely expressive performance, bursting with emotion, vitality and humour. The entrancing, hypnotic soundtrack, the richly inventive staging, the energy of the performers and the compelling weirdness of the masks all add up to create an entrancing visual spectacle, a work of total pictorial and gestural abandon.