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A dazzling cabaret show of impressive virtuosity.<p> An imposing Shakespearean actor recounts, in an English no one can understand, the grand epic of a man who, on the edge of a fjord in the remote Faroe Islands, received the curse of a mermaid he had inadvertently caught. Across Europe and through the centuries, this Cardboard Cabaret, named Best Public Theatre Show at the 2022 Molière Awards, expresses itself not through words but through a thousand and one inventive and hilarious tricks. A devilishly good cabaret show of impressive virtuosity.</p><p> The actor, whose stature is undeniable, is accompanied by a factotum—stage manager, assistant, or extra—of questionable competence, who is as scrawny as the other is generous. For over an hour, using clumsily scribbled cardboard signs, he will strive to make us understand the meaning of this surreal journey, an homage to silent cinema and slapstick gags. Pierre Guillois and Olivier Martin-Salvan deliver an improbable and delirious world tour, where the moral of the story might be that treasures can be hidden even in poorly cut pieces of cardboard...</p>