PRONOMADE(S) : LA FAMILLE GOLDINI

About

In this one-man show, Hugues Amsler (born in… 1978!) recounts his life story and weaves it into the history of science and economic policy spanning nearly half a century. Put like that, it might sound daunting, but between personal crises and global crises, there’ll be plenty to laugh about!

In 1978, a baguette cost 1.30 Fr (“francs” for the younger readers!) and the average wage was 3,500 Fr a month. Given the price of a baguette today, a simple rule of three will allow you to work out the average wage in 2026. Unless wages haven’t kept pace with inflation…

The company has put the acrobatics aside (or almost) and is taking a gamble on talking to us about money (let’s not forget that in *Goldini*… there’s gold!), to shed light on often-misunderstood economic concepts through gestural, lecture-style revelations.

The story of La Famille Goldini began in 2006 with the creation of ‘Marvelous Mambo’, which established the style of this company born from the meeting between Hugues Amsler and Priscilla Muré. Their acts are a blend of technical acrobatic lifts and clowning. The family-friendly street cabaret *Travelling Palace*, premiered in 2009, blends circus and fairground arts. Since then, following the burlesque duo *Du Plomb dans le Gaz* and the monumental production *Les Robinsonnades du Roi Midas* for seven performers and technical staff, the company has gradually moved away from acrobatics and renewed its artistic languages, exploring biographical narrative with *1978*, the visual arts (*Poésie Photogéographique* in 2024) and, more recently, music (*La Chevauchée du Tigre*).