2023-12-06 17:42:11
– Last night a DJ saved my life
By hijacking the hit by the group Indeed, but also dozens of other hits from the 80s, the “Playlist” by Léa Pohlhammer and her thieves sets Advent on fire.
Published today at 6:42 p.m.
Rhinestones, sequins and Rod Stewart-style manes, Léa Pohlhammer’s “Playlist” balances between parody and idolatry.
ANOUK SCHNEIDER
The wolf had a very full stomach this Tuesday evening. Just think, the priestess of Geneva night presented the premiere of her new creation there, barely nine months after Saint-Gervais digested the previous one. There were all the friends of the scintillating Léa Pohlhammer there, those whom she made dance while warming up the turntables at the Comédie or at her Wunderbar in the Palais du Palais. Those that she made warp by exhuming on stage a «Collection» of flea market objects with the collective BPM – this priceless trio to which she contributes an initial with Catherine Büchi and Pierre Mifsud. And all those who simply cannot resist the attraction of an icon.
Léa Pohlhammer has dreamed for twenty years of sharing her dream “Playlist” on stage.
ANOUK SCHNEIDER
Our diva’s stock in trade remains nostalgia. His art consists, from project to project, of renewing its expression. Loyal in her companions, Léa Pohlhammer this time integrated into her basic trio the comrades David Gobet (to whom she gave the answer at Zoé Reverdin) and Tiphanie Bovay-Klameth (whom she frequents through the intermediary of accomplice François Gremaud). To these five fingers of a hand, however, it is appropriate to graft the indispensable Andrès Garcia, the sound creator without whom nothing would be possible.
David Gobet, Tiphanie Bovay-Klameth, Léa Pohlhammer, Catherine Büchi and Pierre Mifsud on the cover of a hypothetical cover vinyl.
ANOUK SCHNEIDER
Certainly not this «Playlist» hits that rocked the youth of the incantatrice born in 1975. But how can the daughter of rock guitarist Sven Pohlhammer (Parabellum) was she going to do it to ward off the tedious pile-up of selected pieces? How can we dramatize in our own way what remains of the clips of Kim Wilde, Prince, Madonna, Gloria Gaynor, Klaus Nomi, the Eagles or the Eurythmics, but also France Gall, Capdevielle or even Johnny?
The answer is in the mashup. With her gang, the Latin-Calvinian bastard (born in Chile but flourished at the end of the lake) reproduces the packaging of the period: Rod Stewart-style mullet wigs, lighting costumes with XXL shoulder pads, excessively blue eyelids, boomer hips swaying , outdated lighting, nothing will be taken away from the resurrected kitsch.
Pierre Mifsud’s scoundrel score reserves some anthology moments in Léa Pohlhammer’s “Playlist”.
ANOUK SCHNEIDER
On the other hand, both lyrics and arrangements will be completely put through the mill. Translated, the lyrics will only recognize each other through a chance epiphany. The melodic lines will be systematically diverted from their original mold. Suffice to say that the collage will take a playful turn: it’s up to who finds the “ref” before savoring it.
The cumulative effect is undeniably felt. As well as a slight tension between parody and idolatry of a pop with predominantly nunuch lyrics. But we are on the eve of Christmas, we have already watched Alain Resnais’ “On sais la chanson” to the hilt, and the Wolf is serving us the musical comedy of the occasion. Who could possibly complain about that?
«Playlist», until Dec. 17 at the Théâtre du Loup. On 8th and 15th, dance floor open after the performances, www.theatreduloup.ch
Katia Berger has been a journalist in the cultural section since 2012. She covers current events in the performing arts, particularly through theater or dance reviews, but also sometimes deals with photography, visual arts or literature.More ‘info
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