La Ballade de Souchon
Adaptation Françoise Gillard et Amélie Wendling
Directed by Françoise Gillard
Studio
26 January 5 March 2023
Studio
La Ballade de Souchon
2023-01-26 18:30:00 2023-03-05 20:30:00
The year 2023 marks fifty years of Alain Souchon’s career, marked by no less than nine Victoires de la musique trophies, from "La Ballade de Jim" in 1986 to his latest album in 2020, Âme fifties, not to mention his two César awards as an actor in "Je vous aime" and "L’Été meurtrier".
Year after year, his songs have become standards, and when the singer-songwriter is asked about how his body of work, which is both timeless and anchored in its time, came to be such a phenomenon, he replies: “Quite simply, I listen, I watch.” By turns melancholic loner, nonchalant, feminine and seductive dandy, this eternal teenager racked by doubts enjoys his successes away from consumerist frenzy. His unique journey as a charismatic flâneur runs through this Ballade devised and directed by Françoise Gillard: “I wanted to bring together an inter-generational cast”, she explains, “composed of six female actors from the Troupe, accompanied by two male musicians and one female musician. I realised that everyone had one of Souchon’s songs in their head, often linked to a moment in their life. What touches me most about his personality is that he has passed through the ages in this way, seemingly without a care in the world...”
In the course of this sensitive portrait, the actress-singers move from one topic to another by slipping into Souchon’s words, singing his hits of course, but also lesser-known songs. In the setting of the Studio-Théâtre, memories come flooding back and life suddenly seems lighter.
In coproduction with Les Signatures Company
With the generous support of Aline Foriel-Destezet, great ambassador of artistic creation,
and with the support of the Fondation pour la Comédie-Française
NEW PRODUCTION
About « La Ballade de Souchon »
Listen to the second episode of Laetitia Bernard’s Regards Croisés on France Inter : à la Comédie Française avec l'actrice Françoise Gillard.
RENCONTRE
Nous organisons une rencontre avec le public à l'issue de la représentation du mercredi 8 février, à partir de 19h30.
Elle sera animée par Laurent Muhleisen, en présence de Françoise Gillard, Amélie Wendling, Yasmine Haller et Emma Laristan, de la musicienne Florence Hennequin et des musiciens Yannick Deborne et Mathieu Serradell.
En libre accès, avec ou sans billet pour la représentation du soir.
Duration
1h
Venue
Creative team
Adaptation: Françoise Gillard et Amélie Wendling
Direction: Françoise Gillard
Costumes: Bernadette Villard
Lights Éric Dumas
Music: Yannick Deborne
Sound: Théo Jonval
Vocal work: Mathieu Serradell
Choregraphy: Glysleïn Lefever
Artistic collaboration: Amélie Wendling
Scenography collaboration: Éric Ruf
Scenography assistant: Nina Coulais de l’académie de la Comédie-Française
Distribution
the company
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Coraly
See biography
Zahonero -
Françoise
See biography
Gillard -
Danièle
See biography
Lebrun -
Claire
See biography
de La Rüe du Can
The Comédie-Française Academy
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Yasmine
Haller
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Yannick Deborne guitares
Florence Hennequin violoncelle
Mathieu Serradell claviers, piano
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Gallery
La Ballade de Souchon 22/23
Françoise Gillard, Mathieu Serradell, Yasmine Haller
La Ballade de Souchon 22/23
Claire de La Rüe du Can
La Ballade de Souchon 22/23
Coraly Zahonero, Emma Laristan, Françoise Gillard
La Ballade de Souchon 22/23
Coraly Zahonero, Claire de La Rüe du Can, Yannick Deborne, Florence Hennequin
La Ballade de Souchon 22/23
Yannick Deborne, Yasmine Haller, Florence Hennequin
La Ballade de Souchon 22/23
Françoise Gillard