Gérard Darmon and Aure Atika will soon move to Albi, here’s why

Gérard Darmon had already come to bleach (Tarn) last year. In March 2023, he played on stage in A Delicate Situation, notably with Clotilde Coureau. He was again in the Tarn prefecture on June 12. But to present a much larger project which will force it to temporarily move in early 2025. As Aure Atika and Gilles Cohen. Because this is where their new place of “residence” is located. Explanation.

The city of Albi and Pascal Legros Productionowners of three Parisian theaters (Théâtre Édouard-VII, Théâtre des Nouveautés, Théâtre Fontaine) have decided to get involved
jointly in a unique project in France to create a residency for a play entitled A house of cards.

A high-flying trio on the stage

The partnership, which pre-existed, already made it possible to welcome the cream of the Parisian boulevard to the Grand Théâtre des Cordeliers. But this time, it goes further. To “create” a room.

A play by Hadrien Raccah, directed by Serge Postigodes, with, therefore, Gérard Darmon (The Great Forgiveness, Diva, The City of FearAsterix and Obelix Mission Cleopatra…), Marry Atika (The truth if I lieOSS 117, My heart has stopped beating…)and Gilles Cohen (The daughter of Monaco, What have we done to God again?the series The Legends Office et Ten percent).

For what Albi? Notably because Gérard Darmon is honorary ambassador of the episcopal city.

Early January 2025

As a result, he will be in a creative residency with his colleagues at the Théâtre des Lices from Monday 6 to Thursday 16 January 2025. Installation of sets, staging work, rehearsals and first performances. It is in the Tarn that everything will be played out.

Three previews!

“During this period, the artists will have ten days dedicated to rehearsals to adjust the lights, sound and stage in a theater which offers excellent conditions for a high-quality production,” the City proudly specifies.

And at the end of this residency, naturally, three exceptional performances will be given in preview on site.

• Friday January 17, 2025 at 8:30 p.m.
• Saturday January 18, 2025 at 8:30 p.m.
• Sunday January 19, 2025 at 5 p.m.

A tour to Switzerland

After Albi, A house of cards will head towards… Paris. An unusual journey in that sense. And for a hundred dates anyway. But it will not only be the capital which will benefit from the piece created in Tarn. Geneva (Switzerland), Vichy, Montpellier, Ajaccio, Perpignan, Monaco, Toulon, La Baule and Clermont-Ferrand will welcome the Albi ambassador and the other actors between January 20 and April 30, 2025,

While waiting, no doubt, for additional dates in France and abroad. “A fantastic opportunity for our City and beyond for our department”, rejoices in advance the town hall which ensures that this “residence-creation usually reserved for Parisian theaters is unprecedented In France “.

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