Éric Dupond-Moretti is preparing to go on stage for the second time. Ihe will perform a play dedicated to his experience at the Ministry of Justice, from February 1, 2025 at the Marigny theater in Parisaccording to the Parisian. Directed by Philippe Lellouche, the play entitled I said yes! marks their second theatrical collaboration.
“I thought it would be useful and interesting to describe what a minister’s job is and the challenges he or she faces“, the former Minister of Justice told the newspaper. “The reflex, as a citizen, is to say: All we have to do is, we have to. But as a minister, there is what we want to do and what we can do. And then, we belong to a team, we have to take into account each other’s positions,” he added.
In 2019, Éric Dupond-Moretti had already performed alone on stage to recount his 36 years as a lawyer and tenor of the barat the Théâtre de la Madeleine in “Éric Dupond-Moretti à la barre”, co-written with Hadrien Raccah and directed by Philippe Lellouche. In his future show, the one who had already recounted his years as a star lawyer on stage, promises to recount “his first steps, his moments of joy as well as his phases of discouragement, his successes (increasing budgets, filmed trials) and his anger” as minister.
He wants to settle “a few scores”
On the poster for his play, he appears in a white shirt and dark blue sweater with a red collar. Éric Dupond-Moretti should also return to “the ordeal of the searches in his office (police officers had opened an old safe with a disk drive) and his trial before the Court of Justice of the Republic (which acquitted him), the pressure media, work in Parliament, his failed regional campaign in Hauts-de-France where he wanted to trip up the RN”, according to the daily. By settling “a few accounts” along the way.
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