What if logic itself was the punchline? Morel channels Devos in 100th performance madness.
François Morel-Raymond Devos, Raymond Devos-François Morel, and the loop has come full circle! Because the actor's new creation, Molière 2019, borrows from the illustrious artist the title of one of his famous sketches in which he questions the universe, the madness of existence, the incommunicability with his unequaled talent. Fascinated by this great clown with "a touch of madness capable of blocking the well-oiled mechanics of logic, reality, everyday life", François Morel immersed himself body and soul in his texts to invent a musical show in his homage . Devilishly cheerful! 100 ème représentation au Théâtre de Caen
Acting
Morel's physical transformation into Devos's elastic absurdity.
Writing
Devos's original sketches reanimated with musical invention.
Director
François Morel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Morel won the Molière 2019 for this one-man devotion to Devos, beating conventional plays with entire ensembles.
Devos remains nearly untranslatable; his puns rely on French phonetics so specifically that Anglophone audiences often receive subtitles explaining why jokes are theoretically funny.
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