Where there's a will, there's a way?
The hairdresser's daughter who wanted to go on stage
A One-Woman Show by Peggy Pexy Green
Peggy is the daughter of a hairdresser and a mechanic.
She was supposed to know her place. She didn't.
And nothing went according to plan.
From her rapid rise into the upper classes to burnout as a senior manager in an international institution, followed by her attempt to break into the world of professional theatre, she has learned a great deal about what our society calls success.
In this solo performance, somewhere between a one-woman show and political storytelling, she uses humour to dismantle the myths of meritocracy. She explores the invisible mechanisms that keep working-class people away from theatre stages, taking us on a journey across social classes that is as entertaining as it is outrageous.
Expect a personal story, hilarious characters, sociology, exchanges with the audience and political reflections on culture.
The show is available for bookings.
Get in touch!
Information & Artistic Dossier → info@lacompagniequipetille.com
Work-in-progress video available upon request.
With the support of Collectif La Forge and Arpente Festival.
If this topic interests you, go listen to the " Transclassos " podcast where Peggy invites artists from working-class backgrounds to share their journeys.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Rose Lamy “Ascendant Beauf”
Bourdieu / Tiphaine Rivière “Distinction” (2 books)
Chantal Jaquet: Transclass individuals or non-reproduction - and - Transclass revolutions
Yasmine Siblot, Marie Cartier, Isabelle Coutant, Olivier Masclet and Nicolas Renahy, “Sociology of contemporary working classes” (Armand Colin).
Jennifer Padjemi “Feminisms & pop culture”
Bell Hooks, “Rebellious Culture: Resisting Cultural Hegemony, Decolonizing Our Imaginations”
Bell Hooks, “Art on my mind”
Jean-Yves Le Naour, “Plus belle la vie; la boîte à histoires”
Rob Grams "The Bourgeois Gaze"
Sébastien Le Fol, "Stay in your place...": Contempt, a distinctly French pathology
Didier Eribon, “Return to Reims”
Marion Montaigne, “Rich, why not you?”
Monique and Michel Pinçon-Charlot, “The ghettos of the elite; at the heart of the upper bourgeoisie”
TOOLS
Questionnaire “Social Classes” by Poisson sans bicyclette, Freely inspired by the questionnaire of the collective “La classe, tu l'as ou tu l'as pas” (Robin Van Dongen and Kahina Rabahi)
Frustration Magazine's " Are You a Bourgeois? " Questionnaire
