Showgirl · Jonathan Drillet & Marlène Saldana & Rebeka Warrior

Marlène Saldana and Jonathan Drillet resurrect Verhoeven's "Showgirls" in a kitschy punk show that is as funny as it is impactful, set to the pulsating techno of Rebeka Warrior!

It all started with "Showgirls", misunderstood when it was released in 1995 and "one of the worst films of all time" (irony from the trailer), then became the cult classic we know, especially among the drag scene.

Beneath a giant, suggestive chandelier, Marlene Saldana self-deprecatingly ascends a cardboard volcano, unfolding iconic scenes from a film that took root in Las Vegas, in the world of money-grubbing shows where unscrupulous producers reduce dancers to sex objects. On stage, the hope and suffering of the young dancer Nomi Malone quickly transform into a kind of imaginary making-of the film, where Marlene Saldana and co-writer Jonathan Drillet give voice not only to Nomi Malone but also to the actress Elizabeth Berkley, who portrayed the character and had no less to endure.

Thirty years later, with the benefit of hindsight, and with the benefit of hindsight, particularly after the #MeToo movement, Marlene Saldana also offers her own perspective as an actress and a woman. All of this is set to music and songs by Rebeka Warrior (Sexy Sushi, Kompromat, Mansfield. TYA), an icon of the queer scene and artist-in-residence at the Carreau du Temple. Let the show begin…

Translated automatically - see original description in French