Un Ado Peut En Cacher Un Autre - Théâtre La Maison De Guignol, Lyon

Un ado peut en cacher un autre at THEATRE LA MAISON DE GUIGNOL

At THEATRE LA MAISON DE GUIGNOL, we cherish productions that combine wit, precision, and heart, and Un ado peut en cacher un autre embodies exactly that spirit. Presented in our intimate room—where every seat feels close to the action—the show revels in the everyday epic of adolescence: the volcanic moods, the scrambled signals between generations, and the hilarious paradoxes that make the teenage years both baffling and beautiful. From our vantage point backstage and in the hall, we’ve seen audiences lean forward as the play vaults from a school corridor to a living-room battleground to the digital glow of a buzzing group chat. The writing favors punchy scenes and sharp dialogue, but it also gives space for silence, raised eyebrows, and those micro-gestures that say more than a monologue ever could. Our stage design supports quick transitions and nimble storytelling, inviting viewers to assemble the puzzle of characters and situations as the tempo quickens. Most of all, the performance captures the double-take in its title: the way one adolescent can reveal, hide, or mirror another—across siblings, classmates, and even the teenager that adults carry inside themselves.

Artistic momentum and on-stage craft

As a venue rooted in Lyon’s tradition of satire and sharp observation, we value productions that evolve with their audience. In Un ado peut en cacher un autre, the creative team keeps the text alive through playful improvisations, restless rhythm, and a keen ear for today’s language—its shortcuts, its emojis turned into gestures, and its tender contradictions. Recent rehearsals in our space have honed a pace that alternates fast-cut scenes with moments of suspended time, letting a classroom whisper ricochet into a family storm. The performers move with choreographic clarity, switching roles with minimal props so that identity shifts stand at the heart of the storytelling: a parent becomes a teacher, a friend becomes a rival, a confident child turns uncertain under the fluorescent lights of school. That flexibility is a hallmark of our stagecraft at THEATRE LA MAISON DE GUIGNOL; we favor proximity, crisp sightlines, and sound that wraps gently around the room, amplifying laughter without blunting nuance. The show’s humor is generous—never cruel, never complacent—and it has the courage to hold a mirror to adults as much as to adolescents, inviting the entire room to recognize themselves, then laugh together.

From our programmer’s perspective, Un ado peut en cacher un autre fits seamlessly into a season dedicated to human-scale stories with big emotional range. Families arrive expecting light comedy and discover a production that is also empathetic and observant; groups of friends come for the punchlines and stay for the quiet moments that bloom afterward in conversation on the steps outside. We have seen how the piece bridges generations in the audience: teens giggle at the precision of slang, parents nod at the tactical negotiations over curfews, grandparents chuckle at the cyclical nature of rebellion. The direction embraces that plurality, weaving in physical comedy, brisk duets, and miniature tableaux that transform our stage with the flick of a jacket or the slant of a chair. As custodians of a Lyonnais landmark, we take pride in hosting works that speak to the city’s living culture while welcoming newcomers to its theatrical pulse. Here, in our brick-and-wood setting, the production’s quicksilver humor and warmth unfold with a clarity that reminds us why we love live performance: a shared beat of attention, a burst of laughter, the quiet agreement that, for an hour or two, we will all grow a little younger together.