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JEAN-DANIEL BROUSSÉ

Insert Here is a lecture-performance that dives headfirst into the history of sodomy.

Stepping into the role of a fiercely charming and slightly unhinged teacher, Jean-Daniel Broussé takes the audience on a historical and physical journey. What begins as an exploration of a deeply human act quickly unravels into a highly personal excavation of Catholic guilt, childhood taboos, and the profound journey of unlearning bodily shame.

Using the visceral language of circus and the direct engagement of live art, Insert Here turns the human anatomy into a landscape of discovery. With a mirror, a flashlight, and undeniable humour, Broussé invites the audience to stop looking away, and instead, explore the dark together.

Genre: lecture-performance, circus
Duration: 60 min
Recommended Age: 18+
Text: English, French
Capacity: 250
Stage: flexible
Touring party: 2 performers, 1 technician
Concept: Jean-Daniel Broussé
Directed and written by: Jean-Daniel Broussé, Rishi Trika
Documentary: Jean Boiron-Lajous
Outside eye: Samir Kennedy, Nikki Rummer
Choreography: Anna-Kay Gayle
Costumes: Allen & Adcock
Music: Alberto Ruiz Soler, Yshani Perinpanayagam
Set design: Shehrazad Derme
Lighting Design: Joe Hornsby
Production and Tour Management: Yellow Everything
Original research developed through a 2025 New Authors micro commission residency at Jacksons Lane. Jean-Daniel Broussé is New Author 2025-26, a UK network commission supporting innovation and research in contemporary circus. New Authors is led by Circus City, in partnership with Cirkus Syd, Crying Out Loud, Jacksons Lane, Lakeside Arts, Take Art, The Lowry and Worthing Theatres and Museum and is supported by Arts Council England, West of England Combined Authority and The Garrick Charitable Trust.
Jean-Daniel Broussé is a multidisciplinary artist navigating between performance, circus, dance, and comedy. After studying literature and history at Bordeaux III and UCL London, he joined the National Center for Circus Arts.
Knot, directed by Ben Duke and performed with Nikki Rummer, received international acclaim, notably winning Best Circus Show at the Total Theatre Awards and a prestigious Herald Angel Award at the Edinburgh Festival.
Over the course of his career, JD has collaborated with numerous circus companies in France and the UK, including Barely Methodical Troupe, Superfan, Compagnie Bestia, Compagnie Ratpack, Compagnie Gratte-Ciel, Arno et Gilles. He also shared the stage with the talented performance artist Lucy McCormick in Life: Live.
More recently, he received an individual nomination for Best Male Performer for his role as Hades in Ruination by Lost Dog Dance, a dance-theatre work presented at the Venice Biennale, the London Royal Ballet & Opera, and Théâtre de la Ville in Paris. In parallel, he is the co-creator of the Shit Show in Marseille, a queer cabaret as trashy as it is mischievous.
For more information, please contact Axel Satgé:
axel@yelloweverything.com.