It was getting dark in Barcelona and on Gran Via, around the Coliseum theatre, the public came to the premiere of the Fashion Freak Show, the biographical show of fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier.
Among the passersby it was easy to distinguish those who were attending the Barcelona premiere, since among the outfits there were many corsets, conical bras and sailor shirts, so identifying the artist. Even an excessive wig, which has impeded the vision of some spectators.
As the spectators took their seats, one thought that the show was more in the room than on the stage, but evidently they were completely wrong.
When the curtain rose, the explosion of light, color and corsets, on bodies of all types of beauty and with countless spectacular models, dazzled the audience.
Music was also the soundtrack of a life, with some versions performed masterfully live. Generational anthems have been played in the most unique versions, such as La vie en rose, My way, Under my skin, Le freak, Light my fire, Relax, Let’s dance, Sweet dreams…
But to tell a life like his, with broad-minded parents who taught him that there were many types of beauty, Gaultier uses a series of scenographic resources, which manage to maintain the rhythm during the more than two hours of spectacle in capital letters. which offers with 18 top-level artists in different disciplines.
Cascading beauty, touches of humor, romantic moments like when he met his first great love, t-shirts for two… Until Francis died of AIDS, a particularly moving moment, when Jean Paul asks himself Et maintenant?
Cameos by Rossy de Palma or Catherine Deneuve on the multiple dynamic screens complete this dazzling biography, with Madonna’s iconic corset as the main protagonist. And for the premiere in Barcelona, ??the presence of a grateful Jean Paul Gaultier. Fashion freak show is a dazzling spectacle, which will be at the Coliseum theater until April 21.
