"La Joie" Debuts at Théâtre de Paris

A new theatrical creation titled "La Joie" is presented at the Théâtre de Paris. The play depicts a mother living with her unemployed son; the two survive together without complaining about their poverty, yet the crudeness of their words reveals a permanent anger that accompanies them, and their relationship is harsh and sarcastic. Their daily life is disrupted by the annual visit of the brother who fled this world — the one who "succeeded" — and his wife. The couple invites the mother to Brittany. She returns humiliated and wounded. Suddenly this defeated mother and her failed son look at each other differently, united by a tenderness they had not suspected. At the heart of the piece, two emotions confront each other: anger and joy. The first runs through the characters and isolates them, becoming a source of misunderstandings and rejection. Facing it, joy appears as a bandage placed over wounds. The production offers a journey through extreme and colorful feelings, in which the brutality of words weakens family ties, up to the hope of appeasement. The event is a partner event of Club Artistik Rezo, and the information comes from a press release.