Black Label

In the Garden of the New People's Theater Overview They wanted to create a theater that reflected their own vision, a freer theater, closer to its audience. So they built a wooden stage under the benevolent shade of a twisted church steeple, in the garden of a small village in Maine-et-Loire, Fontaine-Guérin. And the dream of a New People's Theater took shape amidst the fields. This is the story of a generation of actors in their thirties who have grown old together and who, ten years later, are realizing the audacity and fragility of their dream. For its tenth season, the company tackles Balzac's *Human Comedy* and plunges us into the torments and illusions of their lives as artists through the outlandish tale of Lucien de Rumbempré, a young poet who dreams of going to Paris. How can an artist avoid losing their soul? Therein lies the inner conflict. Xavier Liébard Director, Writer

In a theatre dressing room, a young woman talks to her lover, a successful actor

My name is Arnaud. I'm going to play in the Trio show with Baptiste and Jérémy. I've been asked to write the pitch for the show. As I write these lines, I don't know anything about it. But basically, this is how it's going to happen: we're going to write a show and it shouldn't go as planned because of one person. Apparently me. Thanks to my great experience, I'll save the evening. Baptiste will follow me with his eyes closed because he loves me. Jérémy will yell at me because he's an idiot. But what's certain is that you're going to laugh a lot. And so will we.