Sylvia, a brothel keeper, freshens up in front of a mirror: she wants to take the place of her employees for the night. The pimp Dorante also decides to switch roles and to become the client of a prostitute. When seeing him, Sylvia invites him upstairs. They end up in a small room, both unaware of the other’s status. They begin their lewdness, and Sylvia is very creative. After experiencing mutual sexual pleasure, they realise that they have the same job. This increases their passion, and they think about opening a new brothel together.

Glove-puppet

Adults

Lemercier de Neuville Louis

France

Paris

Printed

Slang

Prostitution

Brothel

Erotisme

Language comedy

Situation comedy

Erotic

Farcical

Comical

Félicien Rops, frontispiece for Le Théâtre érotique de la rue de la Santé (1864).

French

Pimp

Monologue

Aria

Misunderstanding

Scene of copulation

Les Jeux de l'amour et du bazar

The Games of Love and Mess

A theoretician is giving a lecture on philosophical and artistic concepts inherent to objects and mentioning ancient philosophers and Bauhaus artists, among other people. However, he is constantly interrupted by his assistant sharing information with him, by technical problems or elements that seem out of control: microphones moving in all directions, the light being turned off, objects falling, … In a second part, the conference goes over different works of the company and reveals the creative processes behind the shows and the common thread bringing them together. At the end, the theoretician tries to resume his lecture without success; the technician’s body mysteriously appears on the floor and a phantasmagorical atmosphere spreads. Curtains are brought down several times while the action of the play continues.

Object theatre

All audiences

Portugal

Porto

Storyboard

Failure

Impossibility to communicate

Animated object

Memory

Phantom

Philosophical tale

Fantastic

Igor Gandra, A revolta dos objetos. Uma conferência animada (Teatro de Ferro, 2021)