Les Grands Fourneaux #2 - Letní Letná 2025

ABOUT EVENT

A contemporary circus performance that will delight all your senses

Les Grands Fourneaux #2 transports you to a unique nomadic restaurant where extraordinary stories unfold among the tables, featuring masterful acrobatics, entertaining choreography, and musical improvisations. You will be welcomed by charming staff with a subtle sense of humour, and you can look forward to a menu full of flavours and aromas, which here is not just food, but part of a magical experience.
During the performance, a four-course vegetarian dinner is served in a truly
extraordinary manner, which is included in the ticket price, hence we recommend
resisting the gastronomic temptations in our circus town.
And why else should you definitely not miss out on this culinary show?

The ensemble celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and then, as it writes,
"…plans to dissolve into the universe (because even the best things eventually end)."
The last tour of this fantastic ensemble will anchor at Letní Letná and then conclude. And what could be a better finale to their incredible artistic journey than the tour with Les Grands Fourneaux? A crazy adventure that has left indelible marks not only in the hearts of the audience but also in the souls of the artists themselves. Therefore, it’s essential to enjoy it while it lasts.

The performance includes dinner (vegetarian menu)

The price of the ticket also includes food, which will be served during the
performance (starter, main course, salad, dessert).

CREATIVES AND CAST

Written and directed by Emmanuel GILLERON
Music by Cyriaque BELLOT
Cast: Chiara BAGNI, Cyriaque BELLOT, Amandine CALIGE, Sandrine COLOMBET, Antoine DESCHAMPS, Emmanuel GILLERON, Rubén MARTIN URDIALES, Camille TOYER, Olivier VERZELEN
Kitchen: Florence BRAY
Technical management of the chapitat: Olivier VERZELEN
Administration: Alexandre HUBERT
Production and distribution: Guillaume CORNU
Set design: collaboration with students from the Urbain-Vitry vocational school in Toulouse

OFFICIAL PATRONAGE
Les Grands Fourneaux was produced under the auspices of AZIMUT and Compagnie Max & Maurice, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Communication - DRAC Normandy, the Region of Normandy, the Council of the Department of Calvados and ODIA Normandy. The project was also supported by the Ministry of Culture DGCA and SPEDIDAM.

ABOUT COMPANY

Max & Maurice
A 40-year story...
In 1984, Antoine and Emmanuel, known as Max and Maurice, founded their own
company and began performing as a duo. With their performances, they travelled
through many cities in France and across Europe.

Their work, inspired by circus arts, evolved alongside them. Max and Maurice embraced burlesque and absurdity, expressing their emotions exclusively through body language.
In the following years, participation in many festivals brought them valuable
encounters with other artists. Emmanuel, who takes care of creation and direction, decided to expand his visions to a larger stage. The duo remained part of the performance but gradually surrounded themselves with other talented artists. In 1996, the company acquired its first big top.

Since then, they have created seven performances in the big top:
– Cirque Mons (1997)
– L'Arche A Songe (2002)
– Oups! (2005)
– La Quincaillerie Lamoureux (2011)
– Les Grands Fourneaux (2015)
– Trois Petits Tours et puis s'en vont (2019)
– De A à Zèbre (2021)

Although time passes and muscles sometimes ache, the big top remains a magical place they cannot give up. It’s a space full of fantasy, poetry, and dreams. It’s a place that has grown close to their hearts, and perhaps it has shaped them just as much as they have shaped it.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the ensemble – and its planned dissolution into the universe (because even the best things eventually end) – the company decided to embark on a final tour and return to its most famous productions.
And what could be a better finale to this incredible journey than Les Grands
Fourneaux? A crazy adventure that has left indelible marks not only in the hearts of the audience but also in the souls of the artists themselves.