The Dodo Show

Théâtre Décalé presents the Dodo Show

The Dodo has been extinct for some 300 years… it was too stupid and too ugly to survive. The Dodo Show is a hommage to the Dodo. And to Dada. And to Didi (and Gogo) ,and to Dee Dee (Ramone). Brand new, bright and shiny, and brought to life by the conflicting energies of Harry Stork his sidekick Eline. There's a whiff of dance, a hint of cabaret and some drama too.

This new Théâtre Décalé production takes us on a strange trip. Exploring the outer reaches of clown, it's like some kind of weird cabaret show where comic numbers sit alongside moments of a more serious nature.

There's dance… but no, it's not really cabaret, nor is it completely comic, and it certainly isn't a dance show… it's theatre but there's clown… let's just say it's the Dodo Show.

With:

Harry Stork (Alan Fairbairn) and Eline van der Voort

Directed by:

Craig Weston

Contact:

Marie Maurette +33 (0)6 80 42 51 12

With the help of

the Samovar, the Chatillon Theatre, and ARCAL.

Many thanks to:

Gauthier de La Touche ; Geneviève Anhoury ; Jeremy Stigter ; Camille Latteux ; Catherine Bäy ; Eric Descamps ; Yves Nonclercq and everyone at the Samovar.

Quotations in the show are from Tristan Tzara and Medea by Euripides.

What was the Dodo?

The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus, also called Didus ineptus) was a non-flying bird with affinities to the pigeon, which was native to Mauritius and became extinct at the end of the 17th century.

It was rather like a large turkey and stood about 70 cm high, weighed about 12 kilos and had a dull plumage.

Since Mauritius was only 10 million years old, the dodo had no natural predator before the arrival of the Europeans. Because of its weight this large bird, which walked with difficulty and couldn't fly, was the easiest possible prey for hunters and was soon wiped out. The Dutch killed it for its meat, but they called it 'walgvogel', or stinking bird, because the meat only became edible two days after being cooked. Domestic animals introduced by the Europeans - cats, goats, dogs and pigs - which became wild, also contributed to the extinction of the species, around 1680.

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