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Brisbane French Theatre's new original comedy takes you to meet those left behind by modernization, and humorously explores themes of professional and romantic failure. Between superstition, bad faith, reinvention, and a quest for redemption, unlikely bonds form between the castaways of rural France.

Welcome to 'La Belle Hélène', a modest roadside restaurant deserted since the opening of a nearby motorway. Orbiting around Thierry, the grumpy manager with a recently broken heart, are Cassandre, an overworked and cynical waitress; Didier, a cook more comfortable playing boules than working behind a stove; and the only remaining customer, Madame Susan, a well-meaning but unreliable fortune teller. Is it already too late for 'La Belle Hélène'? Will it suffer the same fate as so many other roadside restaurants across France?