Les Règles du savoir-vivre dans la société moderne

What remains of a person when they are forced into perfection? Guided by Jean-Luc Lagarce’s polished language and tragic laughter, we dissect this armor of politeness that, from bourgeois salons to Japanese rituals, suffocates as much as it protects. By bringing this text to the Hanamichi—that sacred path where the specter meets the audience—we transform protocol into a dance of Saint Guy. Here, Keita Mishima becomes both the plaything and the master of this mechanism: a courteous skeleton in which every Lagarcean incisive remark is a stab with a pocketknife into the order of the world. Welcome to a metaphysical vaudeville where, through the sheer effort of trying to behave properly, the body ultimately bursts with truth