THE FLYING BUFFOONS

The Flying Buffoons is a wandering comedy, punctuated by playlets in which burlesque meets strangeness. With nostalgia, it recalls the time of the first fantastic silent movies inspired by Jules Verne’s and Méliès's world.

The Story

At the dawn of the third millennium, after more than one-century absence, “Smog” and “Ventillo”, spatiotemporal travellers, come back on earth. They discover then a planet from which dreams and imaginary world seemed to have disappeared. Our both Flying Buffoons start looking for the starry dreams that each of one of us keeps in the very depths of his mind. This story is a sweet invitation back to the forgotten travel of childhood.

The Characters

[Smog] :

(Floor actor)

[Ventilo] :

(Actor, stiltwalker)

The equipments

[The speedows] :

It is our rocket. It is really good, it makes real rocket noise and also music. Sometimes, smoke gets out from its bottom, it stinks but it’s really funny. By night, the whole machine lights up all over the place, it’s pretty and it creates mystery.

[The Flying Boiler] :

It is really heavy because it’s all made of iron. Well, it’s heavy especially because I carry it on my back actually. I wish I knew, I wouldn’t have done this way, but whatever! The Flying Boiler is rusted over to make it more authentic, it twinkles and its wings light up. It’s beautiful! Sometimes there is fire burning inside. I love it.