Les Enfants Du Paradis
Production date
11 December 2006 - 30 December 2006
‘Les Enfants du Paradis’ is the most beautiful love story ever told. Four very different men - the greatest mime, the finest actor, the richest nobleman and the most prolific criminal of the day - fight for the love of Garance, an orphan, in post-revolutionary Paris. As the affairs deepen and entwine, they mimic the pantomimes and melodramas that the audiences flock to see, packing the playhouses all the way up to the Gods.
Universally described as the greatest French film ever made, Simple 8 brings this new adaptation and translation to the Arcola as the perfect alternative to modern pantomime.
Cast
David Brett, Katie Cotterell, Christopher Doyle, Hannah Emanuel, Catherine Harvey, Chris Hehir, Darren Hill, Charlie Hollway, Tom Mison, Johnny Palmiero, Emily Pennant-Rea, Mat Wandless, Annalie Wilson, Tim Wyatt
Creative
Directed by Sebastian Armesto
Written by Jacques Prévert & Marcel Carné
Adapted by Dudley Hinton & Sebastian Armesto
Design by Nicky Bunch & Natasha Ward
Movement by Alison Cologna
Music by David Brett & Hannah Emanuel
Lighting & Sound by Federico Fernandez-Armesto