Conseils aux spectateurs – Jérôme Rouger

In the theatre, we often talk about the actors’ performances, the quality of the script, the quality of the direction… but rarely about the role of the audience. What if being a spectator were also an ‘art’ in its own right, with its own behaviours, rituals, quirks and foibles? Somewhere between stand-up comedy and an offbeat lecture, the inimitable Jérôme Rouger draws on his own experience to hold up a mirror to us – not always a flattering one! – and offer his absurd or insightful advice. Packed with nods to the genre and self-deprecating humour, this little treatise on the sociology of the audience is a delightful step off the beaten track, a funny and unique mise en abyme.