Once upon a time, there were three women… In a theater in Nice named “La comédie,” they intimately reveal their lives as divorcées. Without a man, without children… In short, a fairy tale! Well… Will they remain in this state until April 8th?
“The Clan of Divorcées” is a play written by Alil Vardar at the dawn of the year 2000, and it first met audiences in 2004. Success was on the horizon. Since then, laughter has been sprinkled across France… Toulouse, Avignon, Paris… It was even announced as the greatest theatrical success of the last ten years…
In February, we verified this information by attending La Comédie de Nice. Sitting comfortably in a seat, we enjoyed a cocktail of laughter that lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes, with pleasant and even addictive side effects. “Thanks to the actors. Their performance is wonderful,” commented a spectator.
Humor with a capital H was indeed present. And the humble and unique touch of the actor Eric Collado makes the situation even more realistic and enjoyable for the audience to relate to. “There are extraordinary lines. It’s so comical that I felt like I had a workout session without suffering,” a spectator joked. “We’re going back. It’s so good to laugh. Thanks to this play, I forgot my little daily worries. It’s a great cure for joy,” added his neighbor. A piece of advice? “Go for it!!!!”
The story of “The Clan of Divorcées”:
Stéphanie d’Humily de Malanpry, a bourgeois who just left a shepherd from Ardèche, decides to change her life and move to Paris. To live in her large apartment, she looks for two roommates; she finds them in the form of two other divorced women: Mary Bybowl, a slightly wild Englishwoman who has just left yet another man, and Brigitte, the country girl who is also getting divorced. These three women with different characters and social statuses will go through this ordeal while supporting each other.
Some excerpts from “The Clan of Divorcés”:
– Excerpt 1
– Excerpt 2
– Excerpt 3
– Excerpt 4
– Excerpt 5
