Le colonel des zouaves

Trilogie Ludovic Lagarde / Olivier Cadiot / Laurent Poitrenaux

The first appearance of Robinson, the reoccurring hero through whom Olivier Cadiot expresses himself, as a zealous butler-valet obsessed by his desire for perfect service, attempting to control everything he says and does, meticulous and delusional confined to self-exploitation.

Ludovic Lagarde direction and set design
Olivier Cadiot text
Laurent Poitrenaux actor
Gilles Grand music
Ludovic Lagarde set design
Sébastien Michaud lighting
Virginie et Jean-Jacques Weil costumes
With the artistic participation of Odile Duboc, choreographer

A compagnie Ludovic Lagarde, CDDB Théâtre de Lorient, Le Carreau — Scène Nationale de Forbach, La Comédie de Reims — CDN coproduction. Text published by éditions P.O.L in 1997, adapted for the stage the same year, monologue version and accelerated book.