The show must go on. Despite the health crisis, which imposed a brutal end to the theatrical season, despite the disarray of the entertainment world, deprived of income for more than three months, the 2020 ceremony of the Molières, in which Europe 1 is a partner, will indeed take place . This 32nd night will be broadcast on France 2 on Tuesday, starting at 9:05 p.m. Sanitary measures oblige, this edition was recorded in advance, and in camera.
"This ceremony is there above all to celebrate the theater and to highlight the wonderful theatrical season that we had, even if it was cut short", argues at the microphone of Philippe Vandel, in Culture Media on Europe 1, producer Jean -Marc Dumontet who chairs the Molières since 2013. A way, therefore "to say that the theater is still alive".
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"Certainly, there were difficulties, small constraints ..."
Originally scheduled for May 11, but postponed due to confinement, this edition forced the organizers to reinvent themselves. The show was recorded on several evenings at the Châtelet theater last week, but without audience. "Certainly, there were difficulties, small constraints, but who cares," scans Jean-Marc Dumontet.
Consequence of this unprecedented situation: the winners have already been crowned ... and are required to keep it secret until Tuesday's broadcast. "There has not yet been a leak, everyone has played the game. There must be this dramatic tension, otherwise the ceremony would lose its salt," explains Jean-Marc Dumontet. And to be sure, confidentiality clauses have even been signed.
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Anne-Sophie Lacarrau at the helm
Viewers can also count on Clémentine Célarié, François Berléand, Isabelle Carré, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Elsa Zylberstein, Alex Lutz, Audrey Fleurot or Charles Berling to host the ceremony. They will not give the prizes, but will come to feed the evening of anecdotes on their profession of actor, slips Jean-Marc Dumontet again. Finally, the actor Bruno Solo, who was to work as master of ceremonies on the initial format of this Nuit des Molières , preferred to pass the hand for this more television version to the presenter Anne-Sophie Lacarrau.