Aurore Fattier turns Feydeau’s The Turkey into a queer cabaret at Théâtre de Namur

Aurore Fattier takes Georges Feydeau’s The Turkey and transforms it into a bold, queer-friendly cabaret piece, on stage at Théâtre de Namur from 15 to 18 April 2026. The production reimagines the classic vaudeville as a late-night, high-voltage world of drag, desire, gender play and social hypocrisy, offering a sharp contemporary twist on Feydeau’s farce. Théâtre de Namur programme

Fattier, one of Belgium’s most distinctive theatre directors, has built a reputation for staging work that pushes form, identity and theatrical codes into new territory. After Hedda, Othello et Elizabeth II, she now returns with a production that mixes theatre, live video and song in a deliberately hybrid aesthetic. 

A vaudeville for a post-MeToo era

At the centre of the story is Lucienne Vatelin, who believes her husband is cheating on her and launches a night of revenge that spirals into chaos. Feydeau’s original farce is still recognisable here, with its misunderstandings, betrayals and social manoeuvring, but Fattier reframes it through a present-day lens that asks what still makes us laugh, and at whose expense. 

That question feels especially relevant for queer audiences, for whom comedy, performance and the politics of desire often overlap. The show explicitly plays with the limits of laughter in a post-MeToo context, turning Feydeau’s machinery of embarrassment into something more unsettling, more bodily and more openly subversive. 

Cabaret, drag and excess

The cast includes Thomas Gonzalez, Vanessa Fonte, Maxence Tual, Vincent Lecuyer and Tristan Glasel, in a production shaped by Marc Lainé and Stephan Zimmerli’s set design, Prunelle Rulens’ costumes and Vincent Pinckaers’ video work. Together, they build a space that feels like a collision between theatre, club culture and performance art. 

The result is a deliberately excess-filled atmosphere, with cabaret energy, queer codes and a trashy aesthetic that refuses polite realism. The production also includes nudity, underlining its willingness to lean into vulnerability, provocation and spectacle rather than smoothing over the edges of the original text. 

Practical information

The Turkey plays at Théâtre de Namur, in the main hall, on Wednesday 15, Thursday 16 and Friday 17 April 2026 at 8pm, and on Saturday 18 April 2026 at 7pm. Tickets are available through the theatre’s official ticketing page. Théâtre de Namur programme.

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