Spectacle Musical "Le retour du capitaine Nemo"

Spectacle Musical “Le retour du capitaine Nemo” is the theatrical and musical adaptation of Le retour du capitaine Nemo that will be performed in 2024.

This musical multimedia show features Benoît Peeters (narrator), Bruno Letort (composer and musician), Xavier de Lignerolles (singer) ¹⁾, Pierre Quiriny (percussionist) and Jean-Marc Fessard (bass clarinettist).

François Schuiten and Félix de Lemos (video artist) will be responsible for live drawings and projections.

François Schuiten: “We're trying to recapture the fascination that Verne also had with shows. He loved having his books adapted. He loved very spectacular things” ²⁾.

Performances

The premiere of this musical will be on April 28, 2024 at 11am in Strasbourg (Cité de la musique et de la danse)³⁾ ⁴⁾.

The music will also be performed in:

Delémont at the comic festival of Delémont at June 16, 2024 ⁵⁾
Festival BD en Périgord, Périgueux on October 11, 2024
Brest on December 6th, 2024 ⁶⁾

Also a performance in Amiens and Brussels is being planned.

Work in progress

François Schuiten and Félix de Lemos had a working session on the video graphics in March 2024. Benoît Peeters shared the following pictures ⁷⁾.

Starting April 1st, 2024 the team had their five days of rehearsals at the Projection Room in Brussels. Benoît Peeters ⁸⁾ ⁹⁾ ¹⁰⁾, Xavier de Lignerolles ¹¹⁾ and Bruno Letort ¹²⁾ shared the following pictures .