What if Paul McCartney had knocked on John Lennon's door one morning in November 1980 in New York? This is the starting point for Lennon et McCartney, a musical play that mixes fiction and homage to recreate a moment that never happened, but that many would have dreamed of experiencing, to be discovered at Théâtre La Boussole. With text by Germain Récamier and staging by Joseph Laurent, this creation would follow in the footsteps of music biopics, while focusing more on the intimate relationship between the two musicians than on the mere chronology of their successes.
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Set just before John Lennon's assassination, the play imagines a meeting between the two former accomplices, long estranged, after the Beatles have disbanded. The audience follows their imaginary reunion in a New York apartment, between shared memories, unresolved tensions and bursts of brotherly tenderness. Through dialogues imbued with humor and melancholy, interspersed with the duo's greatest songs, Lennon and McCartney would seek to capture the essence of a bond as mythical as it was complex, that of a tandem that left its mark on the history of popular music.
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The Lennon and McCartney show would appeal as much to long-time Beatles fans as to younger audiences or those curious to discover the duo in a more human light. Fans of musical theater and biographical narratives would find here a hybrid proposition, between concert and dialogical fiction, where immortal hits such as Let It Be, Hey Jude or Imagine would be integrated into the narrative. On the other hand, those looking for a faithful historical documentary or a complete reconstruction of the Beatles ' career may be disconcerted by this deliberately romanticized approach, centered on a single imaginary episode.
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The cast includes Simon Froget-Legendre as Paul McCartney, an actor and musician already acclaimed for his vocal and piano performances, and Tristan Garnier as John Lennon, a versatile artist with a varied stage career. The staging is designed to be immersive and intimate, with particular attention paid to the accuracy of dialogue and the fluidity between text and music, to recreate the hushed atmosphere of a conversation suspended in time.
By giving new life to a brotherly relationship with a thwarted destiny, Lennon and McCartney would present an ode to artistic complicity, collective memory and the evocative power of music. A play that, while rooted in the legend of the Beatles, would choose to explore their humanity at its most fragile and universal.
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Dates and Opening Time
On June 10, 2025
Location
Théâtre La Boussole
29 Rue de Dunkerque
75010 Paris 10
Prices
€10 - €28
Booking
www.vostickets.fr
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