Where? How long?

Located in Angers (Maine et Loire) the “Les Etablissements Lafaille” Company is making its first steps since it has existed for three years (since 2017).

Why “Les Etablissements” (The Establishments)?

Because it is grandiloquent. It is the grandiloquence of the clown. The reflect of his absurd and moving persistence to exist. His generosity is only an instinct of subsistence. He has no other choice than doing everything he can so as not to slip into oblivion or ignorance. This is precisely what moves us, maybe because it is finally what defines our little human condition

Why “La faille?” (The Flaw)?

Because we have been trained as clowns, imperfection calls on us, moves us. Imperfection tells the essence of everything. At the bottom of every flaw exists a thread that we do our best to pull because this is a golden thread. We are imperfect so we are precious.

Because we leave some space to the imagination of the viewer. A flaw is a space, an empty space, in which everything can exist, from where everything can come out.

As we have been trained as mimes, we play with space. We create the edges, the centers, the depths, the heights, the emptiness, the fullness to invent perspectives from nothing apart from our own bodies.

More than anything else we want the viewer to have some space to visualize, to feel, as long as his memories come up to the surface like a breath of fresh air. As long as the viewer recalls his jubilation to imagine.