OKIDOK presents, a simple and effective title which says a lot about the content of the show. A title like a bet because here, laughter is master; it is displayed, sometimes in finesse, sometimes in bursts, on the lips of an ageless audience.
On stage, two funny characters: the red nose, the quickdraw are reminiscent of the clowns of the countries of the East. But this nod to tradition is coupled with a pronounced taste for the imaginary, combined with an innate sense of comedy, and an unparalleled acrobatic technique. These elements make up a whimsical spectacle, the mysterious universe of a clowning duo, on the border between Tex Avery's cartoons and object theater.
Succession of sketches as improbable as hilarious, plays with fireworks and other flonflons. A sobriety that only a few objects shake up, pretexts for new gags, for a new fantasy: a balloon falling from the air, a rebellious carrot, a door opening onto nothingness, the unusual constantly crosses inventiveness. Everything is looks, expressions, power relations too, because the acolytes are in turn subjects, rivals or allies. A complete show, built with finesse and simplicity.
By and with Xavier Bouvier and Benoît Devos
Stage direction: OKIDOK and Louis Spagna
Produced with the help of the French Community, Directorate General of Culture, General Service of the Performing Arts.
Duration of the show: 1h15 without intermission.
Sound and Lights Manager: Muriel Sculier and speakers
Costumes: OKIDOK and Lili
Musical research: DJ Pitch
Musical arrangements: Eloi Baudimont
Xavier Bouvier and Benoît Devos have been having fun like children for over 24 years, to the delight of all.
Two years of training at the International Theater School of Movement Lassaad Saïdi in Brussels first, then two more at the École du Cirque de Montréal which they left in 1997, and founded the Company OKidOK2, which will become OKIDOK over the years. years. They experiment their first works there, during numerous events, while participating in the creation of shows with the Cirque of Doctor Paradi, the Compagnie Chien de Cirque, the Cirque d'Anges Heureux, the Théâtre d'un jour, Franco Dragone Entertainment Group, ...
Nearly 700 performances of "HA HA HA" later, this show still thrills audiences today.
In 2009, "SLIPS INSIDE" was played in Avignon where it confirmed the interest of the public and reinforced the confidence of professionals in the field towards the work of the OKIDOK company.
During their wanderings through more than 28 countries, OKIDOK won numerous distinctions: several prizes during the Piste aux Espoirs (Silver Track 1991, Prince Rainier Prize of Monaco 1997, ...), in Tournai; the Annie Fratellini Prize, as well as the Cirque Eloize Prize and the World's Fair Prize at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in 2003, in Paris, the Charlie Rivel Prize of the International Clown Festival 2006, in Copenhage, the Grand Jury Prize 2009 at the Clown Festival in Milan, the public prizes during the Laughter Festival of Rochefort in 2009 and the Strasbourg Humor Festival, Drôles de Zèbres 2010. And very recently, September 2014, the price of the Devos Festival 'Humor, the "DEVOS SPECIAL 25 YEARS".
“The Okidoks don't have speech, but they're masters of the absurd (sic!). [...] Technically excellent. For burlesque lovers.”
“A title like a wager, because here, laughter is the master; it is displayed, sometimes with finesse, sometimes with great bursts, on the lips of an ageless audience.”
“Ha, ha, ha is a succession of sketches worked to perfection by two clowns [...] Two clowns, of course, but also astonishing mimes with incredibly expressive and poetic gestures.”
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