[Theatre] The Molière Saga: The Summers

/ 1 Boulevard Berigny, Dieppe Scène Nationale

They know this story has been told a hundred times. That's exactly why they tell it. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, alias Molière: the years of hardship in the provinces, the traveling troupe, the conquest of Paris, the great successes and the death on stage. The Estivants seize this legendary life without claiming accuracy and take the liberty to distort, to exaggerate, to invent. Around makeshift stages, the strings remain visible and the show is crafted before the eyes. A saga joyfully embraced, which says as much about Molière as about what theater is still capable of being at the…