The Company Jo Bithume, bringing together several generations of artists from different horizons, gives priority to meetings, exchanges and sharing. It’s about 50 artists, comedians, musicians, technicians, directors and administrative staff…fascinated by comedy, circus, music and journey… all convinced that theater should be popular, close to the public, especially the public who does not enter in theaters.
Today, the company refocuses on its artistic desires and develops different projects; some of them have done their Premiere on Spring 2012
PERFORMANCES…
The performances are most often written collectively, giving them a special strenght. They are usually designed for all audiences and for international performance.
The reputation of the company is based on its large-scale performances, for public spaces, written on universal topics.
It is also known for the way in which it associates comedy and music… and vice versa.
While streets are one of the favourite performance sites of the company’s artists and technicians, they also offer performances for all audiences created for the stage, in halls or in the open air.
CUSTOM-MADE EVENTS…
The Company also custom-designs events : original creations to fit a square, a neighborhood, or even a city. Each of these events is an opportunity to make the audience active, to bring in into the emotion, blending performance and conviviality, allowing for unexpected and enriching meetings.
It was in this context that it provided the artistic, technical and logistical direction for the « Accroche-Coeurs » street festivities in Angers from 1999 to 2009: a theme plus decor and direction, some one hundred street theater performances, the involvement of the population of Angers and of local organizations, 150 000 spectactors every year…
Building from this wonderful adventure, the company decided to leave the artistic direction of those festivities so that it can reinvent elsewhere and devote itself to new projects.