![]() Online sales available until Friday 4pm, then tickets at the door. ![]() **** ‘Omar Sy and James Thierrée deliver fine performances that highlight the strengths and flaws of their respective characters.’ ~ Matthew ToomeyĪdults $14, Arts Hub Members $12, Youth $8īook online or from the box office half an hour before the screening. However, the satisfaction of success can only last so long as Chocolat’s desire for equality begins to take hold. Fils d’esclaves, son itinraire passe par Cuba et Bilbao, o il est repr dans la rue pour sa force physique et son sens du spectacle. Il fut le premier artiste noir de la scne franaise, inventant avec son acolyte Footit un duo de clowns blanc et noir. Together, they develop a routine which catapults them to stardom, glamour and riches in Paris’ Nouveau Cirque. Su éxito es arrollador y durante dos décadas Chocolat es una de las figuras más populares en el París de la Belle Époque. Chocolat est un clown qui a amus le Tout-Paris des annes 1900. It is here that he impresses established performer George Footit (Thierrée) who takes him under his wing. Lavishly set in stunning Belle Époque Paris, it is beautifully realised through the energised performances of the charismatic Omar Sy (The Intouchables, 2011) and real-life circus-performer (and grandson of Charlie Chaplin), James Thierrée.ĭuring the late 1800s, former slave Chocolat (Sy) is making a living in a provincial French circus performing the role of a tooth-baring cannibal named Kalanka - a surprisingly novel spectacle for the country people who have never seen a black man before. ![]() This lively and unmissable French box-office hit details the fascinating rise-and-fall story of the first popular Afro-Cuban artist of the French stage.
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