The Tightrope Walker – Genet

Inspired by his emotional attachment to circus performer Bentaga Abdullah, Jean Genet wrote Le Funambule (The Tightrope Walker). The text, a long love poem, is also a reflection on artists’ loneliness, the ambivalence of being an actor and the vacillation between anonymity and glory, between light and dark.

Jean Genet was a prominent and controversial French writer, poet and playwright. He wrote novels and consecrated works such as Le Balcon (The Balcony), Les Nègres (The Blacks) and Les Paravents (The Screens).

Show directed by: Tania Alice and Brigitte Bentolila
Actress and ballerina: Eleonore Guisnet-Meyer
Actor: Antonio Manso

Show in French and Portuguese.