During three performances last weekend, the one-woman show “Stéphanie Saint-Clair, Queen of Harlem” was played. Standing ovation.
This show full of daring and emotions will have won unanimity by marking the minds of an audience blown away by the artistic performance. Alone, the actress Isabelle Kancel took possession of the stage of the Théâtre de la Chapelle not only by interpreting but by fully embodying this colorful character that was Stéphanie Saint-Clair, known as Queenie, reckless woman who has become a legend of the black and feminist cause. Isabelle Kancel is literally inhabited by the soul of Queenie, by her aggressiveness, her shame and her grip. For an hour and thirty minutes, the actress takes the conquered public in the life of Queenie, in the life of this Martinican who arrives in Harlem in full prohibition where the white mafia reigns supreme. The two women become one, the artistic prowess lies in the fact that the spectators are transported to the 30s, they do not attend the story of Stéphanie Saint-Clair, they live it with her. From her young years to her emancipation as the all-powerful manager of New York underground paris. It's sad, funny, mind-boggling in truth and brilliantly played. The show had moved festival-goers in Avignon, it will have definitely and deeply left a mark on the Saint-Martin public.
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