About ogres and other insatiable people, Part two

Here, how did you handle the character of the ogre?

We have tried to show all kinds of ogres: good ones, bad ones, nice ones, violent or funny ogres… It’s true that the current events of the past years have put a very crude light on all the greedy drifting of some firm leaders. But, in fact, this voracious and rigid way of looking at life has always existed.

In our performances, it’s always important for the company not to show too simple or limited realities. For me, the real stake is to put a subtle light on things, to tell vivid histories showing their entire complexity.

In this new creation, you also explore the idea of happiness. Is it, in your eyes, really intimately linked to the idea of voracity?

The first question that crosses your mind when you talk about voracity is often that of happiness. What are the ogres looking for? Do they only find happiness in absorbing or consuming? As you well know, we are mortal. So, in that case, I really wonder: what is the meaning of this constant need to accumulate as much as possible, always longing for more and more? What these frenzied “hamster-like” people can do with their booty. How far they really enjoy the enormous wealth they have accumulated, what seems to me purely impossible, in a life time, to do so?

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