Bittersweet comedy at the Grand-Champ Theatre
By Yasmine Char
Company: Cie Sandra Gaudin
Bittersweet Comedy
Duration: 1h20
Recommended age: 12+
A chic ski resort in the Alps. Two men find themselves face to face in a cable car.
Sam is famous — and unbearable. Carl is hypersensitive and shy.
Skiers come and go; tiny worlds cross paths without ever disturbing them.
They are two solitudes, each trapped in his own bubble.
In the midst of an existential crisis, the star just wants to be left alone.
The other seeks answers — and wonders how to approach him.
The problem is, the artist doesn’t even see him...
Perhaps you’ve already come across a celebrity. You wanted to speak to them but didn’t know what to say. You wanted to express your admiration, but the words got stuck in your throat. You felt foolish.
With a bittersweet and tender sense of humor, Ami(s) explores that very moment — the importance of being seen, of existing through another’s gaze, and the subtle tricks we all use throughout our lives in pursuit of a single goal: to be loved.
After thirteen years as theatre director and over twenty years of programming, author and playwright Yasmine Char bids farewell to L’Octogone with a play inspired by her years spent among artists — a reflection on a timeless question:
What matters most — to succeed in life, or to succeed at life?
