Sometimes spectators go to the wrong room. Persuaded to go to Panayotis Pascot's new stand-up, they discover the adaptation of his best-seller, Next time you bite the dustimagined by his brother and director, Paul Pascot. The first show, entitled Between the twois presented at L'Européen, in Paris. The second, which bears the name of the book, at the Théâtre du Petit-Saint-Martin. And both are sold out until the end of December before a slew of new dates from January 2025.
This unusual family coincidence “is not voluntary”assures Paul Pascot, eight years older than Panayotis. But it is a good thing, as these two shows, one with humor, the other filled with emotion, nourish each other, respond to each other and put filiation and fatherhood at the heart of their subject.
For his return to the stage, two years after his depression and a year after the release of his story which turned into a bookstore phenomenon, Panayotis Pascot, 26, continues his psychoanalysis. If he resolved his relationship with his father, accepted his homosexuality and got out of his depression, he wonders about this period “not phew” of his adult life. The kid who just “worries” finds himself in adulthood with “problems”. “Being a child was incredible, I miss it. Having a child must be wonderful, I would love it. But, between the two, I'm not sure I understand the concept”, sums up the comedian.
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Thus, he finally let go of the father, central character of his first and noticed stand-up, Presqueand his book, to address, with newfound energy, his wish for fatherhood in his show. The former schoolboy interviewer from Yann Barthès' team in “Quotidien”, on TMC, continues with talent to use humor as a remedy for disillusionment and the absurdities of life.
-He is no longer lost, but he remains honest with himself. In this new stand-up, the one who has also just created with Fary the game show “Loups-garous”, on Canal+, does not say a word about his successful book, with the exception of a reflection full of self-deprecation : “What saved me from suicide was my ego. I reread the letter I wanted to leave, I found it quite good and I sent it to a publisher. »
Paul Pascot took possession of this famous work, at the insistent request of Panayotis. The two brothers have always supported each other. During Panayotis' depression, Paul never gave up on him, putting his life on hold to help him get through it. “He asked me twelve times to adapt it. When his book came out in bookstores, I didn't want to read it, it was too close to an abyss. I ended up buying it and understood that its “I” could become a universal “we”.”remembers the actor, author and director. Something became obvious to him: make the father-son relationship, the backdrop of the book, the burning heart of the piece.
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