Theatre-narrative: My distinction – Wally

27 Rue du 8 Mai 1945

On stage, Lilian Derruau links his experience as a “kid from the prolo” to the ideas of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. Not content with recounting memories of that early childhood, he portrays the working France of the 70s in a text where wit and self-mockery go hand in hand. Known under the name Wally* and long classified in the category “humorous-singer seen on TV,” we find him here in a completely different register: the sociological narrative. But in his own way, provoking laughter, with a touch of poetry and a bunch of emotions. With tenderness and modesty, a smile at the corner of …