the essential
In the new show that she performs on Tuesday December 3 and Wednesday December 4 at the Casino Barrière, Nora Hamzawi invites us to “lightness at all costs”. Interview.
La Dépêche du Midi: In your previous stand-up, you talked a lot about couples and sex. What are you going to make us laugh with this time?
Nora Hamzawi: The couple is my favorite laboratory. It's a subject that has always interested me. I like to use it as a comedy engine. In my shows, there is a lot of talk about my privacy, my life is passed through the filter of humor. I created my comic double. But my real life as a couple, my family, is my secret garden. The common thread of this show is above all the search for lightness at all costs, the urgency to take advantage of it in a climate that I find quite anxiety-provoking. And now that I'm 40, I know that a priori I'm not going to improve, so I might as well take advantage of it now.
Is the news oppressing you?
Yes, but I don't want to talk about it head-on on stage. More than the facts, it's the emotions that interest me and how the ambient climate transforms us intimately, how it changes our libido, the way we educate our children… People who complain all the time also amuse me!
Recently, on the set of Quotidien, the show where you were a columnist, you said that for your 40th birthday, you had bought thigh-high boots…
You know, I've been in a relationship for 15 years, so if I just had to wear thigh high boots! But it's true, I really bought some at that time, because I feel that I take better responsibility for myself as a woman. So obviously, with a pair of thigh-high boots, I have more confidence in myself, I feel more desirable, less waiting for others. That said, I don't wear them on stage.
What relationship do you have with your audience?
I'm having more and more fun. I am a very good listener. The other day, a guy in the front row was banging his shoes on the floor, it was making a noise, so I talked to him and improvised. There are always things happening in the room that make the show unique each time. In fact for me, the scene is a decompression airlock. It's a privilege to be able to cut myself off from the world for an hour and a half, in a sort of bubble, in a human relationship that brings me a lot of comfort. I have a very sweet bond with the spectators, we do each other good.
It took about ten years, but your comedy career really took off. The two evenings at the Casino are almost sold out and from March 14 to 18 you will be at the Olympia. Consecration!
Yes, it will be funny to see my name in red on the facade of this legendary room. But I had time to see success coming, so I approach it with caution. For the moment, I'm so happy to be on tour and playing in Toulouse. I have come several times and it has always been very happy. I was given lots of restaurant addresses. I love the after-shows, I'm generally in great shape, it's the adrenaline. Impossible to go to bed straight away.
