Biclou

At the outset, there was a profound questioning after the health crisis: should we live and work "as before"? And then there's Robert Doisneau's photo of Jacques Tati as a letter carrier in Jour de fête, planted in the middle of a white space littered with bicycle parts. He stares into the lens as if to say: "I don't understand what's happening to me, my bicycle has just collapsed This is the spark that gave birth to Biclou, a touring show with three bicycle trailers that will also be the show's backdrop. Here, the biclou is a pile of parts in the center of a workshop.
The audience watches as the mechanic, a solitary, nomadic character, reassembles it. With his radio on and a mixture of bicycle language and mysterious numbers, he shows us the precision of his gestures and his know-how, repairing his bike as much as he does himself. As in Ça marchera jamais, Nicolas Ramond (a real bicycle repairman!) portrays a clumsy being, out of place in an overly standardized, hurried world. Embodied by Pierre-Jean Étienne, his character hesitates, soliloquizes, sings and talks to his bike.
And this reflection doesn't remain theoretical: everything is thought out in minimalist mode, even the tour, which will take place on two wheels, with its repair workshop!