Bouvard et Pécuchet

Bouvard and Pécuchet BY Gustave FLAUBERT Adaptation Marc CHOUPPART and Géraud BÉNECH Directed by Géraud BÉNECH With Jean-Paul FARRÉ and Marc CHOUPPART With the voice of Stanislas de la TOUSCHE Paris, 1840. Two office clerks strike up a friendship.

Thanks to an inheritance, they leave their drab lives behind to settle in the countryside. Seized by a frenzy to learn, they devour encyclopaedias and manuals and put their newfound knowledge into practice with naive enthusiasm.

Agriculture, science, the arts, politics, religion: every field gets its turn, leading to hilarious fiascos. Marc Chouppart and Jean-Paul Farré combine their talents as a double act to deliver a version as faithful as it is clownish of Flaubert's last work.

This is a delightful manual of absurd science that offers a welcome alternative to artificial intelligence! Genre: Theatre, comedy, classic author. Practical information: Not wheelchair accessible. There is no cloakroom, and the theatre does not accept large bags or suitcases.

Metro: lines 4, 6, 12 and 13, Montparnasse-Bienvenüe (exit no. 5 - Bd du Montparnasse). Bus: 96, 95, 94, 92, 91, 89, 82, 58. Car park: FNAC car park, rue de Rennes; under the Tour Montparnasse. Tel. 01 45 44 50 21