A one-woman show about friendship
Laura Chaignat presents her second one-woman show about friendship and the place we give it in our lives. Can the end of a friendship hurt as much as the end of a romantic relationship?
It all begins with a voicemail. Laura Chaignat learns that she isn’t actually invited to her friends’ wedding in Barcelona, even though her suitcase is already packed, her dress has been chosen and her flight tickets are booked. A simple misunderstanding – and a humiliating one at that. From this blow to her self-esteem, the actress weaves a hilarious and deeply touching biographical fiction about the place of friendship in our lives. Well known to RTS listeners, particularly for her appearances on *Les Dicodeurs*, the author and performer of this new one-woman show skilfully oscillates between bursts of laughter and moments of introspection. A show drawing on the reflections of Aristotle and Cicero, as well as the advice of her mother from the Jura, who doesn’t believe in friendship born without a tipple! On a bare stage adorned with a few potted plants, Laura Chaignat scratches where it itches and wonders what a true friend is.
