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Our review of Girls and Boys: funny drama

2022-12-22T15:41:59.060Z


CRITICISM – At Théâtre 14, Bénédicte Cerutti slips into the skin of a woman whose life has changed into the worst of tragedies. A corrosive piece by Englishman Dennis Kelly.


I met my husband in the boarding line for an

easyJet flight

and I must say that I immediately disliked this man.

It almost sounds like the first sentence of

Aurelian

,

Aragon's most beautiful novel.

There the comparison ends.

Girls and Boys

is a play by Dennis Kelly, a unique English playwright who cultivates the art of mixing hot and cold, or rather suffocating and chilling.

Alone on the stage with its minimalist decor - a row of armchairs is enough to create the atmosphere of an airport - a woman recounts in first person her professional life, as a couple and as a mother who, little by little, will sink into total horror.

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This woman is played by Bénédicte Cerutti.

Let's admit it right away, the actress gives a staggering performance here, staggering on a stretched wire above a precipice.

You might say that during the holidays, we are not ready for this kind of high-tension spectacle.

Think again, this piece often…

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Source: lefigaro

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