{"id":12759,"date":"2026-01-16T16:13:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usineagaz.ch\/?post_type=event&#038;p=12759"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:19:09","slug":"the-politic-of-the-worst","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/usineagaz.ch\/en\/event\/the-politic-of-the-worst\/","title":{"rendered":"The politic of the worst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Power Comedy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adrien Barazzone performs a solo rendition of a Municipal Council session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A podium, five chairs, a microphone for each &#8211; we plunge into the heart of a Municipal Council more real than life. On the agenda, a thorny question: should the statue of Woodrow Wilson be taken down to make way for a somewhat conceptual piece entitled <em>Paper Ball?<\/em> The debate is open, and tensions rise. Importance of symbolism, memory, and beauty, but also wokism, bike lanes, small businesses\u2026 everything becomes material for verbal jousting. Alone on stage, Adrien Barazzone brings forth a gallery of characters, from the tireless chatterbox to the weak-kneed president, and a few excitable council members. Between bursts of anger, yawns, and fallacious arguments, the actor orchestrates this political cacophony with sharpness and tenderness. No matter the outcome of the vote, the essence lies elsewhere &#8211; in this burlesque mirror where our collective contradictions are put on display, and where one realizes that laughter may well be the most beautiful revolution of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LA POLITIQUE DU PIRE (Teaser)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1146368969?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What the press says:<br>\u201cActor Adrien Barazzone single-handedly embodies his city&#8217;s entire municipal council in a show entitled La Politique du pire (The Politics of the Worst). Hilarious and finely observed.\u201d RTS \u2013 Thierry Sartoretti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11159,"template":"","event_category":[],"class_list":["post-12759","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The politic of the worst - Usine \u00e0 Gaz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usineagaz.ch\/en\/event\/the-politic-of-the-worst\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The politic of the worst - Usine \u00e0 Gaz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Power Comedy Adrien Barazzone performs a solo rendition of a Municipal Council session. 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