Straddling the playful and the profound, Germinal begins with a bare stage and a group of intrepid adventurers who set out on a mission of exploration. Their task: to imagine how they would remake the universe from the beginning. Throughout the show, their 8×10-metre world becomes increasingly complex as they construct and deconstruct the history of speech, technology, politics, art — nearly all forms of social structure. With an approach both giddily charming and deeply philosophical, Germinal is a truly inventive exploration of thought and social organization.

In French with English surtitles.

Tickets

Regular: $54

Students & youth 29 and under: $15

About the Artists: Halory Goerger and Antoine Defoort are part of L’amicale de production, a French “project cooperative” that was founded in 2010. Taking broad aim at authorship and aesthetics, Goerger and Defoort move freely between visual art, music and interactive performance, combining their varied interests to create constantly shifting visions of theatre.