Raphaël

%AB Does a scorpion shed its shell at night? %BB

? The same dream, over and over again... "Going on stage without being prepared—what do you do in situations like that?" asks singer Raphaël, addressing his phone’s AI.
“A karaoke session,” the AI replies. “It’s your only chance.”
A backing track for a popular hit starts playing at full volume, then cuts out:
“Sorry, you don’t have the rights to this song…”. Karaoke is no ordinary concert.
It’s a free-form, hypnotic experience, bold in its artistic expression. A labyrinth where Rapha%EBl gets lost among his songs, ghostly covers, and the voice of an omniscient artificial intelligence.
On stage, four musicians and an actress, but also mental images rising to the surface, illusions, and a karaoke session that turns into a nightmare.
The audience witnesses an inner journey: childhood memories, family ghosts, invoking Bowie or Johnny, real and imaginary crashes.
The show oscillates between humor and vertigo, poetry and technological satire.
Here, the songs are doors that open onto other worlds.
A total show—both musical and visual—where the truth emerges between the words behind the layered screens.
And where, perhaps, the only solution is to dare to let go of one’s armor.
Rapha%EBl

Created by Rapha%EBl
In artistic collaboration with Cyril Teste
Produced by Ast%E9rios Spectacles