Poil de Carotte, Poil de Carotte

2022

Solal, a struggling artist, agrees to meet Flavien, a longtime friend whose work is internationally acclaimed. The friendly conversation gradually turns into a public lynching that strips bare every conviction Solal holds about theatre.

Far from a literal adaptation of Jules Renard's novel, the show takes pleasure in thwarting representation, offering the audience an uncomfortable experience of humiliation, somewhere between performative gesture and institutional taming.

“An exhilarating exercise”Froggy's Delight, Philippe Person, April 2023
“More complex, ambitious and profound than many flashy but meaningless productions”Le Monde, Joëlle Gayot, 12 April 2023
“The show is a treat”La Terrasse, Agnès Santi, 29 March 2023
“Brilliantly links Jules Renard's mistreated child with a humiliated artist who takes hold of him”Libération, Anne Diatkine, 20 April 2023

Cast and credits

Concept
Flavien Bellec & Étienne Blanc
With
Flavien Bellec, Solal Forte
Production
Frenhofer
Co-production
Théâtre des Bains-Douches (Le Havre)
Support
Réseau Diagonale, Tanit (Lisieux), Théâtre Lisieux Normandie, L'Étincelle (Rouen), La Cité Théâtre (Caen), Le Rayon Vert (St-Valery-en-Caux), La Curie (La Courneuve), La Reine Blanche (Paris), la Halle ô Grains (Bayeux), as part of the DRAC's Pépinière d'artistes recovery plan
Thanks
Nanterre-Amandiers, national drama centre
Dates
Past
2026
16 — 17 May 2026
Tour — Festival du BEC, Normandie
1 — 2 April 2026
2025
9 — 13 December 2025
26 — 27 November 2025
Tour — Le Pommier, Neuchâtel (Suisse)
3 — 8 November 2025
Tour — Théâtre Dunois, Paris
27 March 2025
Tour — Séné
26 January 2025
Tour — Concarneau
2024
6 December 2024
Tour — Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
21 — 22 November 2024
Tour — Le Tangram, Évreux
28 August 2024
Tour — Toujours Festival, Annecy
3 — 21 July 2024
Tour — Théâtre du Train Bleu, Avignon
31 May 2024
Tour — Tanit Théâtre, Lisieux
2023
15 September 2023
Tour — Le Chaînon Manquant, Laval
12 — 22 April 2023
Tour — Le Monfort, Paris
25 — 26 March 2023
Tour — WET°7, Tours
11 March 2023
Tour — Région en scène, La Haye-Pesnel
6 — 9 February 2023
Tour — Le Volcan, Le Havre
21 January 2023
Tour — Cambremer
20 January 2023
Tour — Orbec
19 January 2023
Tour — Lisieux
2022
23 — 24 November 2022
Tour — Bayeux
13 October 2022
Tour — Bruxelles
A person hidden under a red wig, soft toys, toys and clown shoes, photographed on a phone.A man in a red wig, eyes closed, hugging soft toys, toys and clown shoes.