en françaisThe Blue Room
Thanks to a very thorough work on the physicality and the attitude of his characters, he [Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau] managed to make them all very believable. His acting was also very truthful and he had a great emotional connection. [...]
The small room of the theater was packed. The audience laughed a lot and applauded very generously at the end of the show. [...]
lemague.net, July 26th, 2011, by Alfred Roubec
The Lesson (La leçon)
Public reaction has unanimously endorsed the company's success. Not only was there warm applause at the end of the show, but the comedic springs from the play were highlighted in a perfectly coherent way, and punctuated by joyous reactions in the audience. And we must rejoice that a text so difficult managed to reach a wide audience, served by a careful and consistent work at all levels. [...]
The professor finally appeared in a suit a little too narrow and too short for him, almost stiff, which Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau used with diabolical effectiveness to create a physical thickness to his character, both ambiguous and baffling. [...]
The composition work of Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau was particularly clever. The appearance of the character in a dark light, and gradually clearer, was shrouded in mystery, absolutely bizarre, so that it was difficult to give him any age, to guess his intention, or even read his sexuality. From this point of view, the transformation until the final murder, presented from his back, and scenically presented and played as a sexual act, happened through subtle gradations, ranging from looks to silences, to insinuations, and to the full range of power relationships. The character took on thickness, gradually, vocally, physically, and seemed at times to forget his initial gravity and inertia, while remaining consistent. This work is certainly the result of a very thorough preparation, probably due to the American training of the actor. The character became totally magnetic when, after the murder, he took off his wig, appearing in a real minerality, on top of which a small guilty boy took shape, anxious to regain the affection of the maid. [...]
lemague.net, October 15th, 2010, by Alfred Roubec