A play on Jean-Luc Mélenchon written by journalist Christophe Barbier – Muricas News

That is stunning information. Jean-Luc Mélenchon may see a play devoted to him throughout his lifetime. This barely loopy concept got here from the teasing thoughts of Christophe Barbier, former boss of the Categorical, theater director in his spare time.

Presently in Avignon for the Pageant, particularly for his exercise as a theatrical producer, the journalist, now an editorialist for BFMTV, revealed that he had written a play, one-on-stage, on the previous deputy, nonetheless chief of Insubordinate France. The motion of this work takes place in 2026 and Mélenchon asks himself the query of his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election and is entitled “A Sunday in Lombreuil”, with the subtitle “Me, Jean-Luc Mélenchon”.

“Some individuals assume I wrote an aggressive piece, however under no circumstances. Me, what me was to inform this political animal, this theatrical character, by imagining him in September 2026. He's within the countryside in his home in Gâtinais, within the Paris area, in Lombreuil, from the place the title of the piece”, explains the writer to La Provence.

“It’s a 1h10 piece, however it might probably evolve. I had written it final summer time, since then I've added components on the Quatennens affair. Performs about politicians nonetheless in motion hardly exist within the theatre. There have been issues about Mitterrand, De Gaulle, Napoleon, about useless politics” laughs the journalist with a number of creative sides. The piece “could be created at any time. It's sufficient for a theater director and an actor to say to me: “Banco! “, additional specifies Christophe Barbier, in quest of a producer for this new piece.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon is already conscious of this adaptation of his life within the theater, Christophe Barbier warned him himself. The 2 males have been training for 30 years. “He was stunned, clearly. He informed me : “However I’m not useless!” » And he didn't disapprove, specifying: “Possibly I’ll come and see her”. I defined to him that 90% of the textual content of the play comes from his personal interview books, interviews he gave, his conferences “defined to the Provençal day by day, the director of the long run political play .

For the second no actor is actually approached for the function, sure brokers being reluctant to stay a political label to their colt.