Bouffonnerue

Jean Ménigault alias "Méningue" (from Orleans, France), is truly a grand clown, special guest of leading festivals in his field, notably "Special guest star" in theatre and opera as performer and also as writer and producer at the "Teatro dell'Opera di Roma" (Rome Opera Theatre) and "Opera di Tokio, Giappone" (Tokyo Opera Theatre, Japan). In Italy he worked with many artists such as; Lucio Dalla,Gianni Morandi,Gianna Nannini and Marco Masini, as clown and performance writer created ad hoc during the exhibitions, both in theatre and on television. For Jean Méningue, street theatre means spontaneity and freedom of movement and his strange character, a clown who came from who knows where, roams the streets and there he chances upon whatever destiny wishes him to meet. A clown mime–actor with a puzzled look, a sarcastic smile but of a playful nature, kind and never out of place who in search of a rapport with the audience, unearths, creates and constructs paradoxical situations, unexpected and entertaining, in which his extraordinary gifts of improvisation come to life. A surprising encounter for all but the most surprising thing always seems to be the way in which he sees us.