The Diary of a Madman

Whose fool are we?

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Already over 100 performances for this adaptation of the funniest and most touching of the News from Petersburg by Gogol performed by 3 artists, with live piano music by Prokofiev.

Aksenty Ivanovitch Poprichtchine, a discreet St Petersburg civil servant, is having a hard time finding his place in the world.
He lives alone with his maid Mavra, and his loves and ambitions are thwarted by his clumsiness and absent-mindedness. So he invents a more enviable life for himself, until he loses all touch with reality...

Prices

1st category: €35

2nd category: €30

Under 26s: €12

Information

until 11 January 2025

Thursday & Saturday at 7pm

Genres: Theatre, Classical, all ages 11 and up

Running time: 1h15

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Reviews

25 March 2025

It's fantastic, go on!

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Press coverage

LE FIGARO «Ronan Rivière impresses as the schizophrenic who has mentally built himself a castle in Spain and, what's worse, thinks he actually lives there».»

FRANCE INTER «The text seems to have been written yesterday. Olivier Mazal's piano performance of Prokofiev's pieces is a perfect match for Gogol's work.»

LE JOURNAL DU DIMANCHE ★★★ «The director has adapted The Diary of a Madman with great accuracy, [...] giving this madman a radiant vision. For in Gogol, beneath the grotesque always lies the sublime.»

FRANCE MUSIQUE «A very nice show.»

OUEST FRANCE «The adaptation is magnificently successful. It's a joyous moment while keeping us on the edge of madness.»

L'HUMANITÉ «This short story, written in 1834, blows a wind of madness that begs to be shared.»