Par le boudu

Boudu is an excessive, untameable and profoundly human character. He inhabits the margins, challenges conventions and moves through the world without asking permission, driven by desires, impulses and a logic of his own that does not always coincide with ours.

Balancing rough humour, discomfort and tenderness, the performance takes us into a universe where laughter and unease walk hand in hand. What at first seems absurd reveals itself to be surprisingly familiar; what makes us laugh ultimately exposes vulnerabilities we recognise in ourselves.

Created and performed by Bonaventure Gacon, “Par le Boudu” has become a landmark of contemporary circus. For more than twenty years, this singular figure has travelled across stages and festivals, reinventing the art of clowning through a presence that is at once rough, poetic and deeply moving.

/ Artistic and technical team

/Created and performed by Bonaventure Gacon

/Lighting design Olivier Grandperrin

/Touring and distribution Geneviève Clavelin

/Administration Laura Trappier

/Production La Toupie

/Acknowledgements Catherine Germain, François Cervantes, Titoune, Nicautain, Le Prato, Les Saltimbanques, Le Colibri and all the theaters that hosted Par le Boudu

02 · 03 July 2026 (thu, fri) – 10:00 pm

Running time

60 min

Age rating

M/12+

Tickets

10€ Single price