On the eve of the premiere of
Mum
, her first in a play, this is a controversy that Vanessa Paradis would have done well without. In an interview with JDD, the interpreter of
Joe the taxi
commented on the very high price of the best seats in front of the stage of the Théâtre Édouard VII. “
Certainly some are very expensive. They cost 98 euros and correspond to the golden square, or only 60 seats out of the 790 in the theater! What they say less is that there are 10 euros!
The singer also evokes the situation of the theater, in particular with regard to the health crisis. “
After that, it's a private theater, which receives no subsidy. He will reopen with our room and maybe these places will allow him to survive
», She confides in the Journal du Dimanche.
On the main ticket sales sites for the play, the most accessible tickets are 25 euros, and indeed climb rapidly according to the categories, reaching 78 euros in Category 1, and 98 euros in Carré Or. 'Be at the origin of this pricing:
“I had nothing to do with it and I find it hateful to be blamed.
I have always made a point of ensuring that the price of my concerts is not too high.
"
Alongside Eric Elmosnino and Félix Moati, she will play the role of Jeanne, a saleswoman in a ready-to-wear store for pregnant women.
A role written for her by her husband, Samuel Benchetrit.
A return to the theater ... and to the cinema
The couple is also making the news for the film
This Music Does Not Play For Anyone
, written and directed by Samuel Benchetrit, in which Vanessa Paradis also plays the leading role.
Presented at Cannes in July, the film arrives in theaters on September 29.
In an interview with AFP, the actress detailed a few days ago the difference between the work on the boards, compared to the film set.
“I don't want to diminish the performance of the actors in the cinema, but in the cinema, we play small pieces of the scene, there we play a story from beginning to end.
To live this emotion continuously is completely overwhelming,
”she explained.
She drew in passing a review of her preparation for this new career: “
It is very dangerous to keep the accuracy of the game while projecting the voice very loudly. (...) I had a lot of admiration for theater actors but having lived it, I admire them even more, it's enormous what they do.
"
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