Léocadia: Jean Anouilh's fairytale comedy at the Lucernaire

From May 21 to July 27, 2025, Le Lucernaire presents Léocadia, a play in three acts by Jean Anouilh, directed by David Legras. This theatrical tale of comedy, nostalgia and fantasy plunges us into a poetic, elegant universe where memories come to life. Based on a major text from the French repertory, this creation offers a sensitive and funny reading, carried by a cast attentive to the finesse of Anouilh's language.

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In Léocadia, Amanda, a young milliner from a working-class family, is invited to the Château de Pont-au-Bronc, not to work but to play... a memory. Prince Albert Troubiscoï, inconsolable since the death of the famous singer Léocadia, is locked in deep melancholy. At the request of his aunt, the Duchess, Amanda attempts to rekindle the flame of life in a setting frozen in memory. But can love be rekindled through illusion?

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With its fable-like universe, Léocadia appeals as much to lovers of classical theater as to those looking for dreamy, light-hearted performances. This play, less often performed thanAntigone or Le Voyageur sans bagage, combines wry humor and delicate poetry. David Legras 's staging uses a dreamlike scenographic device, like a timeless carousel, to underscore the confusion between truth and invention.

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With Léocadia, Jean Anouilh celebrates the power of theater as a refuge and metaphor for memory. This version at the Lucernaire promises a suspended moment, full of charm and subtlety, between laughter, tenderness and gentle disenchantment.

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