Le Blues cosmique

Three drag queens, one role: that of Pearl, in the grand show about Janis Joplin!
Pearl is the name of the main character in the grand Janis Joplin show: three drag queens play the role in rotation. But tonight, all three of them find themselves on stage! A scheduling error that will transform the evening into a clash of egos, each convinced she is the original Pearl, the most legitimate, the most iconic, the most beloved... Which of the three will prevail over the other two?

Janis Joplin didn't just sing the blues. She was the blues, that ancient and universal pain of existing too intensely in a world that doesn't know what to do with you. An experience that queer people know well.

"The Cosmic Blues" is not a biography of Janis Joplin, nor a conventional tribute. But it is a plunge into what Janis represents as a human archetype: those who learned very early on that love was not a given, and who built their entire existence around this painful certainty.

Bringing together three drag queen egos around a single role—Pearl—poses a simple yet profound question: who is most entitled to claim a suffering like hers? The answer, of course, is that they all are, in their own way. And that's what they will ultimately reveal.

"The Cosmic Blues" is for anyone who has ever felt they wanted too much, hungry in a way that embarrasses others. It's a poignant exploration of loneliness, the quest for love—often in the wrong places—an impossible-to-satisfy, so abysmal and endless is the need to fill the void within.

Through Janis Joplin's music and a series of funny and moving performances, the three artists will open up about the things that shaped them: loss, rejection, and their visceral need for validation. Enter the world of Pearl and Janis...

Starring: Alexis, La Duchiasse, Lula Strega


Translated automatically - see original description in French