Nico, the sensation

Behind Nico and the Navigators is first and foremost Nicola Hümpel, who, as her name does not necessarily suggest, is a woman. The German director studied in Hamburg, Berlin and then at the famous Bauhaus in Dessau before founding her own company 10 years ago with her partner and partner in crime, set designer Oliver Proske. Previously present only in the north of France, her work could now be discovered in the south on Friday night, thanks to the Festival De Marseille, which co-produced this latest piece " Although I know you ". Even if the Theatre Nono, with its too noisy seating, did not offer an ideal setting for this guest performance, one could discover a purist theatrical form, yet full of life and meaning. An evening of grace marked by the presence of the four comic performers: the lyrical Martin Clausen, the "so British" Adrian Gillott, the eccentric Yui Kawaguchi and the feline Swiss acrobat Oliver Zgorelec. At their side, violinist Sabine Akiko Ahrendt and pianist Thomas Bloch Bonhoff gave the musical rhythm to this variation on friendship, its bonds and fragilities. Based on improvisations as well as on letter fragments between Schiller and Goethe or Wagner and Nietzsche, Nicola Hümpel masterfully delivered a friendly version of the "Carte du Tendre" (Map of Love from the novel Clélie by Mme Scudéry). A fine and clever collage by an ambitious young collective that we would like to see again as soon as possible.

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