PATRICK SAPIN

Musician, actor & sculptor of objects

In 1998, he participated in the creation of La Compagnie du Facteur Soudain, of which he is currently an associate member. He has been a member of the collective La Tribu Hérisson since 2000, in which he leads or participates in numerous projects and develops the playful and visual aspect of improvisation by making the relationship with the public an essential element of his thinking (L'O.G.R.E, Fanfare la Tulipe, Belle à Peu Agitée, Hudba Piccolo Orchestra…). We were able, within this collective, to hear him play with Raymond Boni, Michel Godard, Louis Sclavis, Benat Achary, Alain Gibert, Jean-Pierre Drouet…

He has been playing since 2005 with Les Gars de la Marine, a street and pontoon orchestra. He played from 2005 to 2009 with La Bête à Bon Dos / ARFI and from 2011 to 2013 with the group Lézieu Miclo. From 2000 to 2010 he was a member of the Compagnie EmyWay, with which he participated in numerous projects combining dance, music and plastic arts. From 2006 to 2014, he participated in the workshops for the manufacture of useless objects in the caravan of the ten words of the Francophonie. He is an associate artist at the Allégro theater in Miribel from 2013 to 2019 at the Allégro-Office Culturel de Miribel.

He took part with the group Monsieur le Baron in the creation and international tour of the show “Où ça” by Cirque ICI, Grand Prix National du Cirque 1996. (France Scènes Nationales, Japan, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany, England, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain... 1995 to 1999). We find him in Jean-Luc Cappozzo's quintet, the Musaïques trio and alongside Maurice Merle (La Petite Parade de Starevitch / Cie la Carrerarie).

His work on various object theater shows will lead him to take an interest in production and to set up his own projects combining theater music and visual arts.