“People need to have fun, especially during times of crisis, drama, and tragedy. The television news already gives us all this information, so there’s no need to add more,” observes Alain Clément, the director of two plays by Eugène Labiche (a famous playwright of vaudevilles). Alain Clément allows the audience to escape by revisiting “La dame aux jambes d’azur” and “La main leste,” which his troupe performs in a burlesque and crazy manner. Two plays grouped under a generic term: the Labiche family. On March 5, 6, 12, and 13, 2010, the audience has the chance to discover these productions in a small 70-seat theater inside the Scribe Hotel in Nice. “These might be the last performances,” confides Alain Clément. The performances are interpreted by some of his confirmed students or professional actors who perform with other theater companies with whom he collaborates. Alain Clément asserts: “theater is somewhat a family affair.”
In any case, during the show, the audience gets into the act and enjoys it so much that “people think it’s not Labiche because the writing is so good and the comedy so current,” when they attend the performance “La dame aux jambes d’azur.”
