One is slim, bearded, and blond, with an athlete’s body, very much a “fashion victim” likely because of his job as a talent agent, yet he detests museums. The other is rather corpulent, with a receding hairline, and passionate about museums, surely due to his job as a history-geography teacher. The visit to the Louvre is quite enlightening, just like the fitting session in a store where the line “Tighter than this is vacuum-sealed” is even funnier, not to mention the visit to a new apartment with a real estate agent of English origin.
Through about ten skits that could belong to any couple, they do not hesitate to “push the boundaries to the extreme”; to mock their quirks in daily life by practicing a taboo-free and yet fine self-deprecation, never vulgar in dialogues that can be very blunt or attitudes that are very explicit. They skillfully divert the awkward situation of a couple invited by straight friends, where one openly flirts with the other’s partner. With humor, they don’t hesitate to satirize their peers or a certain present homophobia through puns packed with wit. The dialogues hit the mark and incite hearty laughter. One of the two has not yet managed—after twenty-five years—to come out to his family, even though a visit from the couple is planned to that family…
A humorous drawing makes you laugh, but it’s even more impactful when it’s a successful caricature. With this duo Christophe Dauphin and Pascal Rocher—who wrote and perform “As They Say” and which is not a caricature because it is both funny and touching—we laugh without restraint and wish it wouldn’t end. “Duck and Chick” are at the Théâtre Ségurane until November 16th; don’t miss it before it returns to the theaters of Paris where it is a hit.
A show by and with Christophe Dauphin and Pascal Rocher / Directed by Christophe Canard (the real one)
“Two Men… Oh! As They Say
Friday and Saturday at 9 PM and Sunday at 4 PM
Théâtre Ségurane / 18 rue Ségurane 06300 Nice
Tramway: Garibaldi stop
Reservations at 04 93 31 89 16
