"We're in the VIP line," a young woman whispered happily to her friend.
At 7:40 p.m., in front of the
Happy Easter
poster , on the pediment of the Marigny theater, the queue to discover Jean Poiret's famous boulevard still stretched for several dozen meters.
Spectators were turned away by a zealous guard at the entrance.
"There are more guests than paying places",
rightly remarked one of the privileged.
Nicole Croisille broke through the crowd to rush into the hall.
Nobody dared to stop him.
All dressed in black, the 86-year-old singer met Nagui and his companion, the blonde Mélanie Page perched on heels
.
"I can't stop saying hello
," laughed Antoine Duléry, who came with his wife, director Pascale Pouzadoux, to applaud their eldest son Raphaël.
The father was more nervous than his boy.
We also saw relatives of Gwendoline Hamon, the woman betrayed by her husband Stéphane, alias Nicolas Briançon in the room.
At 7:55 p.m. the bell rang, but the room was far from full.
"If it continues, I'm going to fall asleep"
, impatient Éric Elmosnino installed next to Sylvie Testud in the golden square.
François Vincentelli was also there.
The actor we applauded in
Le Canard à l'orange
already mounted by Nicolas Briançon would not have missed this evening with Alice Dufour, his "half" on stage, for anything in the world.
The thirty-something who was a model and gymnast plays Julie, the young girl whom the fickle husband invites to have a last drink at the marital home (a large living room in a 300 square meter apartment in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, luxurious decor by Jean Haas ).
This is without counting the return of Sophie.
Pushed to his limits, Stéphane affirms that Julie is his daughter born from a previous union.
As soon as the curtain rises, the audience applauds.
Nicolas Briançon plays the liar with consummate art and facial expressions that are reminiscent of those of Michel Serrault.
Gwendoline Hamon pretends to believe it, but the winner is the "good", Dominique Frot hilarious.
As soon as she intervenes, the room laughs.
At intermission, Antoine Duléry is disappointed, his son has not yet entered the stage.
He is looking for the bar.
He is not the only one.
Champagne corks are popping happily.
"You saw, it's Nagui!"
, launches an amazed teenager to his mother.
“And him Duléry, he is in
“
Camping
”
!”.
Gwendoline Hamon and Nicolas Briançon.
Pauline Maillet.
Nicole Calfan is there too.
The former actress of the Comédie-Française played Julie in
Joyeuses pâques
in 1982 when it was created in a staging by Pierre Mondy at the Théâtre du Palais royal.
She is moved when she remembers Jean Poiret who intimidated her at the time.
“I knew nothing about comedy, he taught me everything”.
A septuagenarian remembers that Maria Pacôme played Sophie.
The troupe is warmly applauded.
“He is very much your son”,
launches Sylvie Testud to Antoine Duléry worried.
We hear:
“Nicolas must be exhausted!”
.
Briançon greets the troupe and dedicates this nice performance to Roger Louret and Philippe Tesson.
Happy Easter
at the Théâtre Marigny, Paris 8th, until April 30, 2023.
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