Lille. The prato announces the disappearance of Gilles Defacque

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HAS Lille, it was no longer presented. Gilles Defacque, clown and actora disappeared at the end of 2024. Le Pratowhich he led for many years, announced it in a sober messagewhich without great surprise arouses a powerful emotion.

“Gilles is gone”

The Prato, theater in the Moulins district, announced the news soberly on the web, this Saturday, December 28, 2024. “Sadness… Gilles is gone”. Since then, the emotional comments have followed one another. And for good reason, the actor and professional clown has moved the boundaries of Lille and regional cultural life in recent decades. He was the image of the popular show, open to all, what he left at the Le Prato venue, when he left in 2021. His shadow will always hover within the walls of the Lille establishment, which will have him seen evolve and will have seen the live performance grow and evolve alongside it. Just like the Lille circus school, which owes a lot to this enthusiast.

“Hello Artist”

” Have a good trip ” ; “Hello Artist”, “A Very Beautiful Person”; “A clown like we don’t see anymore”; “What a loss!” Such a beautiful soul”… Since the Prato announcement at the beginning of the afternoon, the touched tributes from Internet users who have seen, crossed paths with or known the artist have multiplied.

“Gilles Defacque is gone. He, the poet, creator of the international neighborhood theater, which is the Prato. He made us laugh and moved. Lille and the world of poetry are losing a great artist,” wrote the mayor of Lille Martine Aubry this Saturday, in reaction to the news, sending her thoughts to those close to her.

Fabien Roussel also paid tribute to the man: “He was more than an artist. He was involved in all the battles to defend the human condition and the social achievements of the 20th century. We have shared so many of these struggles. »

The Prato, and the cultural universe in Lille, will never be the same without him.

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