The endive paradox

The endive paradox is that uncertain moment when a teenager with his feet planted in the mess of his life tries to grow leaves.
Endive: Cichorium intibus, common name for Brussels chicory. Roots are covered in manure in a dark cellar, and after 25 days, white leaves appear. I'd been living for months in the shambles of my room, which had been declared a Seveso zone; I'd grown into a beautiful endive measuring 1m80...
Making a fable of your life isn't just about telling your own story, it's about turning your memories into an ironic thought, moving from the anecdotal to the universal, revealing the joking wisdom of youthful bedlam. Alexis Louis-Lucas transposes his childhood memories into a fable of transmission. From the turbulence of insolence comes a little thing as precious as it is pale, humility. The child in L'Utopie des Arbres (The Utopia of Trees) projected his ambitions at the foot of the great fir tree at the bottom of the garden; the teenager experiments with them here, at the feet of people and the city, setting out to take on the world...
A one-man show that will delight you and immerse you in a singular life story that is both funny and touching.