About The Verdigris Project

Founded by Jules Gautier in 2025, The Verdigris Project is an experimental theatre collective dedicated to exploring the “what ifs” of human thought. Each work reflects what it means to exist as a human: a conscious vessel shaped by memory, fantasy, and illusions of reality. We are forever changing and shall always remain unfinished.

Verdigris is a porcelain clown. It exists as this figure - fragile yet vivid. Imagine a child holding it carefully before accidentally dropping it. There is a moment of collision where the child realizes what has happened - panic, emotion, and memory all at once. That moment of shattering, when something fragile is revealed in its full vulnerability, is the feeling that defines The Verdigris Project.

We all deserve to live in dreams, though that idea can be terrifying. After heartbreak or loss we often live within imagined moments - wondering what might have been different, or what could still be possible. “What if?” is a deeply human question. The Verdigris Project exists to explore those questions through live performance and collaborative creation.

The collective supports artists who seek the tangible within the abstract and who are willing to explore the fragile spaces between imagination and reality. Audiences are not separated from these experiences by a fourth wall; they are invited to sit alongside or within the work itself - participants in the shared dream of the performance.