Raphaël - Karaoké - Tournée

Duration: 1h20 “Does a scorpion abandon its shell for the night?

”— Still and always the same dream... Going on stage unprepared, what do you do in such cases? — A karaoke, the AI replies. It’s your only chance. A popular hit track starts at full volume, then stops:Sorry, you don’t have the rights for this song...

Karaoké is not an ordinary concert. It’s a free and hypnotic form, of great formal audacity. A labyrinth where Raphaël gets lost between his songs, phantom covers, and the voice of an omniscient artificial intelligence.

On stage, four musicians and an actress, but also mental images that resurface, illusions, and a karaoke that turns into a nightmare. The audience witnesses an inner journey: childhood memories, family ghosts, summoning Bowie or Johnny, real and imaginary crashes.

The show oscillates between humour and vertigo, poetry and technological satire. Here, songs are doors that open onto other worlds. A total show, musical and visual, where truth appears between the words behind the layers of screens.

And where, perhaps, the only solution is to dare to shed one’s shell.

Raphaël Recommended minimum age: 14 years A creation by RaphaëlIn artistic collaboration with Cyril Teste Assistant Director Céline Gaudier Dramaturgy Thomas Bidegain Raphaël is dressed by Véronique Nichanian, artistic director for Hermès men’s wear Guitar / Vocals / Piano Raphaël Live AI Voice Laetitia Spigarelli Keyboard Cristal Baschet / Saxophone Marc Chouarain / Drums Aymeric Westrich / Double Bass Hagar Ben-Ari General Stage Manager Jean-Marc Besson Sound Manager Frédéric Lucas Backline / Stage Clément Rateau Lighting Manager and Design Julien Boizard Video Design Mehdi Toutain-Lopez Video Cameraman Nicolas Doremus Set Design Nina Chalot