FROM ONE SEX TO THE OTHER: 24 hours in the shoes of the other

Who hasn’t dreamed, woman or man, of being comfortable in the skin of their partner in order to live their moods but also everything that hides in a relationship?

24 hours, in the skin of a man and vice versa, exhibited in the play, « From one sex to another » at the Petit Palais des Glaces until June 29, 2022.

After a couple’s argument, Clarisse wants Bertrand to take her place to better understand her. The next morning, this wish comes true and they find themselves in each other’s skin. The comedy begins!

Bertrand, supporter of the Toulouse rugby team, has been in a relationship for 4 years with Clarisse, beautician by profession. She spends 2 hours a day on the phone with her mother, he uses one brief a week and only leaves stains behind.

A theatrical comedy extremely well described of what it would be like to live 3 days in the skin of the partner, written by Emilie Deletrez and Michael Louchart.

Bertrand (Michael Louchart) and Clarisse (Emilie Deletrez) after a misunderstanding of the couple, they aim to see if they are able to live an experience in the body of the other. The experience that unites them and helps them to recognize but also to understand what the role of a couple is, but also if they are ready to make new decisions.

Like any couple, they get ready to sleep, but everything is tense, Bertrand and Clarisse blame each other for not being able to last 3 days in each other’s body, and they fall asleep.
In the morning, their wish is already granted, Bertrand wakes up with Clarisse’s body and vice versa, an experience that already brings them fear but also the possibility of discovering themselves in depth.

Coming to live this experience, they want to pay attention to the body of the other, as if nothing had happened, to practice the trade of the other but also their hobbies or even any meeting between friends.

In this situation Clarisse will have to participate in the rugby match and live the live experiences of the event, go to the construction site and behave like a real man. Three days of discovery in the life of her boyfriend will reunite Clarisse with her boyfriend.

Bertrand will really have to become Clarisse, a renowned beautician who also takes care of his mother. In the meantime, he has the opportunity to find out who his girlfriend is and what she does on a daily basis.

After this experience, Clarisse and Bertrand started a new life as a couple, really wanting to start a family.

Bertrand: My love, I want…
Clarisse: Let’s get married!…
Bertrand: I want to have a child;
Clarisse: I want witnesses Bertrand, shout loud and clear…
Bertrand: I want to have a child.
Finally everything will end in just 24 hours for the two protagonists.

Clarisse and Bertrand invite you to discover their experience until June 29, at the theater at the Petit Palais des Glaces.
You have the opportunity to penetrate the imaginary but also common incursion in today’s society, to know the secrets of your partner and their body. The play written by the two actors highlights, through psychological exposure, human existence but also its evolution, as well as the transhumant socio-physical man-woman, who always highlight the human being, through his different bodies and their existence.

At the same time, Michael LOUCHART awaits you on April 19 and 20 at the Petit Palais des Glaces to discover in the play « Heureux » a one-man show devoted to a universal story of love and friendship.
The protagonist turns 40, on his birthday he is abandoned by his wife. But he is accompanied by a friend who decides to cheer him up by any means. The character has a vulnerability but also an identity through his attachment to the viewer, through beautiful human moments, feeling happy and emotional. For an hour, he embodies a dozen characters, passing from one to another, having a remarkable talent.

Show from 04/01/2022 to 29/06/2022, every Tuesday and Wednesday at 7.30 p.m.
Petit Palais des Glaces
37 rue FAUBOURG du TEMPLE – 75010 Paris
01 42 02 27 17

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