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Ooh-La-La!

From 08/10/2012 at 18:00 to 12/10/2012 at 23:00

Semaine Francophone au Cockpit 8 - 13 Octobre 2012

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

With London the sixth largest French city* The Cockpit presents a week of Francophone theatre and events; plus a table-ronde discussion for all those interested in shaping further celebrations of French language theatre in the capital.

Monday 8th & Tuesday 9th October: Chateauraoul presents Ooh-La-La!: Aliéné Romantic (Romantic Lunatic) - Sauvé de justesse de la misogynie, Chateauraoul nous dévoile quelques extraits de son one man show -
Wednesday 10th to Friday 12th October - Tour de Force Theatre presents their premier of Moliere's L'avare - Molière's classic comedy, performed in French in a daring new production.


Thursday 11th October - Table Ronde - For everyone and anyone interested in French language and culture and/or interested in shaping further celebrations of French language theatre in the capital.


Saturday 13th October - Godot & Bookshop Theatre Companies present Beckett, Samuel: Écrivain Francais? - A soirée exploring this question through excerpts from Beckett's writing in French.


Saturday 13th October - The Cockpit presents Soirée Neuf - Entertainments par excellance for Francophones and Franglais. Call for expressions of interest and an open invitation
Peter Joucia of Tour de Force Theatre, Christophe Damblant of Beautiful Freak and Dave Wybrow of The Cockpit invite you to submit readings, rehearsed readings, one-act plays without decor - or anything else theatrical, so long as it's performed, read or whatever in French, for daytime performance during the week. (there are also a few evening slots available).

More on the Table Ronde....

This event is for everyone and anyone interested in French language and culture to join this conference table-rond to share in an open discussion about French culture in London. A free event on Thursday 11th October at 3pm.

How should we celebrate, publicise and support the diverse range of French language cultural acitivity already taking place in London?

How can we encourage more French language performances and events to take place in the city?

How useful would it be to have an annual festival of French theatre and how could we make this happen?

How do I get involved?
Please email: dave@thecockpit.org.uk

*By population. The French Consulate estimates 300-400,000 French nationals in London (population of Nice: 344,000).
London's LSE argues this figure is nationwide, and puts London around the 20th largest French City. Still, that's a lot; n'est-ce pas?

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