The world is on the brink of collapse... so why not throw a big party? A futuristic fable for three musicians and six performers, Happy Apocalypse moves between astrophysics, transhumanism and pure visual delirium. It's a baroque, madcap fresco that's got a lot going for it.
The daughter of a geneticist, Perle is thirty years old and a rare gem... half woman half monitor! Totally unclassifiable, just like this joyous apocalypse orchestrated by Clotilde Morgiève and Jean-Christophe Dollé, already nominated for a Molière in 2024 for their previous opus Allosaurus. Returning today, they project the question of self-acceptance and the acceptance of others into a dystopian future, dominated by the difficult cohabitation between humans, mutants and machines. Happy Apocalypse is a total spectacle, hybridising not only human beings but also references from theatre, the visual arts, science and cinema to the rhythm of an electro-pop concert... With a menagerie of actors wearing masks and costumes, and a set that begs to be opened up to new dimensions, Happy Apocalypse uses excess to exorcise the anguish of our present. And what if utopia had a bright future?
The daughter of a geneticist, Perle is thirty years old and a rare gem... half woman half monitor! Totally unclassifiable, just like this joyous apocalypse orchestrated by Clotilde Morgiève and Jean-Christophe Dollé, already nominated for a Molière in 2024 for their previous opus Allosaurus. Returning today, they project the question of self-acceptance and the acceptance of others into a dystopian future, dominated by the difficult cohabitation between humans, mutants and machines. Happy Apocalypse is a total spectacle, hybridising not only human beings but also references from theatre, the visual arts, science and cinema to the rhythm of an electro-pop concert... With a menagerie of actors wearing masks and costumes, and a set that begs to be opened up to new dimensions, Happy Apocalypse uses excess to exorcise the anguish of our present. And what if utopia had a bright future?
