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<p>Success! 4th season at La Gaîté<br> 7 nominations for the 2023 Musical Comedy Awards!<br><br> 1895 in a Parisian theatre.<br> Auguste Levasseur, the claque leader, directs a troupe of accomplices who, mingling with the public, are responsible for applauding at opportune moments.<br><br> A play that receives applause is a successful play, but two hours before its grand premiere, Auguste is abandoned by his claque. He then tasks Fauvette, a musician in the orchestra, and Dugommier, the theater manager, with finding replacements to save the evening's performance.<br><br> There's only an hour and a half left before opening night to rehearse the novice claqueurs by performing excerpts from the show, which boasts no fewer than five acts, forty musicians, and thirty set changes! The task is daunting; there are only three of them, and tonight, their careers hang by a thread!<br><br> After "The Whistler" and its 600 performances, Fred Radix returns with a new show that takes hold of a subject and a character that have marked the history of theatre and treats them with humor, musicality and historical perspective.<br><br></p><p> <strong>Did you know that?</strong><br> The show has been a great success with critics and has received seven nominations at the 2023 Musical Comedy Awards.<br><br></p><p> <strong>Namely:</strong><br> Subject to availability, first-category seating with the possibility of folding seats. Second-category seating on benches.</p> Funny, musical and interactive, the incredible story of a conductor of applause.