Alexandre Virapin

Bob et moi

BAJOUR

After a sleepless night, an anxious child meets Bob Marley. He will change his life.

Alexandre Virapin takes us into a captivating journey between Kingston and Miami, via Europe and Africa, which allows us to (re)discover the facets of Jamaica, cradle of reggae and Rastafarian movement, far from the misconceptions.
Through stories and History, the actor tells us how a man born in the Jamaican ghetto became a legend, thanks to his genius and humanity.

Both striking and funny, Bob et moi is a show from which we emerge grown up with the strength of universal struggles for peace and the intimate poursuit of happiness.

Company presentation

It is within the company Les Échappés de la Coulisse, co-directed by Alexandre Virapin and Jules Meary, that the idea of this show was born and its first series of performances in high schools, outdoors, in Mayotte or Reunion Island, in inaccessible villages where the issue of slavery speaks more closely. Alexandre Virapin, creative member of the collective BAJOUR - Un homme qui fume c'est plus sain (Prix des Lycéens Festival Impatience 2017), L'île (Avignon Off 2021) - decided to create Bob et moi in a theater version, presented last April for the first time at Mythos Festival.

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Alexandre Virapin - Actor, co author

Alexandre Virapin-Apou was born in 1991 in Clamart.  
He began his training as an actor in 2004, by joining the French acting school « Les Enfants de la Comédie ».
In 2012, he is admitted to the Ecole Supérieure d’Art Dramatique in the National Theatre of Brittany.
He has performed in several plays from the theatre company « Les Enfants de La Coulisse », which he became co director in 2015.
He staged and acted in several plays such as Combien de Nuits Faudra-t-il Marcher dans la Ville, Cyrano de Bergerac and The Imaginary Invalid » . He is also co organiser and programmer of the Festival « Les 48H du SEL », with Jules Meary.
Besides, he is member and creator of the theatre company BAJOUR, in which he acted in Un Homme Qui Fume C’est Plus Sain, (Festival Impatience - High School Award, Festival d'Avignon 2018), A l'Ouest, Me Voici and L’Ile (Avignon 2020).

Jules Meary - Stage director, co author

Jules Meary began his training as an actor at the age of 13, in the french acting school "Les Enfants de La Comédie ".
He continues his education at the Regional Conservatory of Boulogne Billancourt and at the conservatory of the 14th district of Paris.
He is also co director of the theatre company « Les Échappés de la Coulisse », in which he has played more than 20 plays. He is, with Alexandre Virapin, co director and programmer of the Festival « Les 48h du SEL ».
He staged a show for children called « Rafara », played more than 150 times accross France. He is also a theatre and body expression teacher.
After having participated twice in the festival of Avignon, he went on tour in Europe (Montenegro, Germany, Czech Republic, Bosnia), Africa (Madagascar) and South America (Peru).
Jules Meary is currently working as a stage director with Alexandre Virapin (Cyrano De Bergerac, Bob et moi).

Casting

Writing Alexandre Virapin and Jules Meary
Performance Alexandre Virapin
Staging Jules Meary
Light Benoît Brochard
Sound Marine Iger

Production

Production BAJOUR
Executive production Le Bureau des Paroles / CPPC
Supports Théâtre L’Aire Libre – Rennes ; Festival Mythos – Rennes ; Le Sel – Sèvres
BAJOUR is subsidized by the DRAC Bretagne, associated with The Quartz, National Stage of Brest and the Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil – Centre Dramatique National.