Description

Does the world need to be saved? Yes, if it is still possible to find a good soul among humans.<div> Barely arrived on Earth, the gods ask for hospitality for the night. Only the prostitute Shen Te agrees to take them in. Rewarded for her kindness, she opens a small tobacco shop. Opportunists soon flock to her and take advantage of her generosity.</div><div> To save her business, she invents a male alter ego, Shui Ta, who is ruthless in the face of beggars. This striking parable, written by Brecht in the late 1930s, is far from obsolete. Nora Granovsky wants to transpose it to our time and thus revisit the paradoxes of kindness.</div><div><br></div><div> Can we still be generous and altruistic in a mercantile and corrupt world? Does our survival take precedence over mutual aid? A troupe of singers and musicians of all ages will explore these questions through 10 scenes and 6 musical interludes. There's no reason to hold back your enjoyment in this lively, open-stage theatre, where the performance is free-flowing and the directness of the audience is key to sparking wonder. A wonderful opportunity to rediscover this immense, epic fable, both despairing and joyful.</div><div><br></div><div> When kindness is tested by misery, is the law of the strongest all that remains for us?</div><div><br></div>