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"As psychological as it is emotional, this play achieves beauty in its simplicity and plea for unconditional acceptance of every human being on this earth."
The Stage
"A critical commentary on mankind's hypocrisy and cruelty and our obsession with skin-deep beauty."
The List
"Pip Utton's one-man performance is a rare and beautiful confessionnal in which, after 200 of oppression, Quasimodo is given a voice more powerful than the bells of Notre-Dame... A one-man masterpiece, you must witness this."
Three Weeks
"Beautifully crafted... Absolutely compelling."
Edinburghguide.com
May 3, 2024 | Paris
Time & Location
May 3, 2024 - 7:30 PM (75min)
Theater "La Divine Comédie"
2, rue Saulnier 75009 Paris
About the event
They treated him as a beast, an outcast, the spawn of the devil, because? Because he was deformed, deaf, ugly. He became an outcast, his only friends the cold stone statues in the cathedral – they could not mock or reject him. His greatest influence the archdeacon who had raised him and taught him how to read and write and speak and had taught him to love God; the God that had formed him so ugly.
“Why am I so ugly?” It’s a good question. Who decides who is ugly and who is beautiful? Is it just fashion? Is it based on the biological need to attract a mate? Who has the right to call me ugly and him handsome? Is there some ideal beautiful example we must all strive to become?
If you keep telling someone they are ugly does their spirit, their nature become ugly too?
These ideas, and much more are explored as Quasimodo struggles with his relationships with his ’father’, with God and with his fellow human beings.
Pip Utton
‘If anyone epitomisesthe best of Edinburgh Fringe it is Pip Utton’ About theatre.com.
Pip is a well known and respected Fringe performer. His solo plays tour widely both domestically and internationally. He has won many awards for both his acting and his writing.
He was described by the Daily Telegraph as
‘The doyen of the Fringe one man show’
and by the Guardian as
‘The master of the controversial one man show’
and by the British Theatre Guide thus
'Pip Utton’s performances are always masterclasses in acting'
Cast & Team
Written & performed by : Pip Utton
Paris organization : Association HOPE HOP
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Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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