Storytelling Theatre: My Distinction – Wally

27 Rue du 8 Mai 1945

On stage, Lilian Derruau links his experience of being a “prolet kid” to the ideas of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. Not content with recounting memories of this early childhood, he portrays this working-class France of the 1970s in a text where mischief and self-deprecation go hand in hand. Known as Wally* and long categorized as “a funny-sounding singer seen on TV,” he is here in a completely different register: the sociological narrative. But in his own way, provoking laughter, with a touch of poetry and a bundle of emotions. With tenderness and modesty, a smile at the corner of …