Pauline Bayle and Jenna Thiam, human comedy on a set
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Pauline Bayle directs “Lost Illusions” after Honoré de Balzac at the Théâtre de la Bastille in Paris.
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By: Jean-François Cadet Follow
50 mins
Five young actors, a refined staging and the colossal work of Honoré de Balzac.
Here are the ingredients of the fresco adapted on the stage of the Théâtre de la Bastille by the always so promising Pauline Bayle.
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On the set, three actresses and two actors, able to change roles and genres in the blink of an eye.
Almost no decor in this uncluttered show.
But, words which, like so many arrows, clearly and intensely outline the rise and fall of a young poet, provincial but ambitious, in the Paris of the 1820s.
Writers, journalists, editors, actresses, the cultural and intellectual profusion is incredible.
The era announces our own, through the cult of money and social prestige, the commodification of the mind, and the inextinguishable ambition that shapes the world, between betrayals and dismissal of elevators.
After Homère, the director
Pauline Bayle
tackles Honoré Balzac and his “Human Comedy”.
She presents today with
Jenna Thiam
who plays the main character in the show, “Lost Illusions”, to be seen at the Théâtre de la Bastille until October 16, 2021.
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The Zénith de Paris hosted its first official show this weekend.
This emblematic Parisian venue had been closed since the start of the health crisis in 2019. A reopening for the Valsero concert, the opportunity for the Cameroonian rapper to find the stage and the public who, before entering the room, had to show white paw.
Kpénahi Traoré
was present.
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