Gus

Sébastien Barrier is the son of social workers from Sarthe.
This only partly explains his pathological and jubilant relationship with speech, which he has suffered and worked on since he was very young.
After aborted studies in the faculty of literature, he studied circus arts in Toulouse and began long experiences in companies, including the Phun and the GdRA.
For ten years, he walks his character Ronan Tablantec, alter ego sailor-fisherman Douarneniste, fond of urgently documented speech. In 2013, he created Savoir enfin qui nous buvons, a 6-hour conference where natural wines and portraits of seven Loire winemakers are honored.
In 2014, he created Chunky Charcoal, a graphic and musical project, between pagan mass and ode to loss, alongside Benoît Bonnemaison-Fitte and Nicolas Lafourest.
In 2017, he paints the portrait of GUS, an associable, borderline and dangerous cat. These adventures of the feline are shared more than 200 times with young audiences.
Recently, the artist created Ceux qui vont mieux : a theatre-ritual borrowing from the codes of a mass, where five of his heroes are elevated to the rank of Saints.
Sébastien Barrier has been an associate artist of the Grand T theatre since January 2015.

Writing and performance  Sébastien Barrier
Music Sébastien Barrier and Nicolas Lafourest 
Light Jérémie Cusenier
Control room Alice Gill-Khan or Elodie Rudelle
Sound Jerôme Teurtrie 
Drawing Benoît Bonnemaison-Fitte
Acknowledgements Catherine Blondeau et Chloé Gazave

Production Sébastien Barrier
Executive production Le Bureau des Paroles / CPPC
Coproductions and supports Le Grand T, Théâtre de Loire Atlantique – Nantes ; La Colline, Théâtre National – Paris ; Malraux, Scène Nationale – Chambéry ; Théâtre L’Aire Libre – Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande ; Le Channel, Scène nationale – Calais
With the financial support of the SPEDIDAM and Brittany region