Win tickets for the show “Ne me libérez pas, je m'en charge”
When: 15.09.2026 00:00
Where: 48.867426, 2.318928
Organizer: Admin
For twenty-seven years in prison, including seventeen spent in isolation in a High Surveillance Unit, Michel Vaujour never stopped trying to escape. More than a succession of feats, his story tells of a stubborn struggle to preserve his share of humanity. “I learned things through lack,” he says. A lack that, far from annihilating him, shaped him and led to a form of inner reconstruction.
Based on the documentary by Fabienne Godet and Frank Vassal, Zabou Breitman creates a monologue of great intensity, performed by Yannick Choirat. Between raw narrative, poetic bursts and moments of suspension, she continues her work on translating documentary to theater. “I wanted people to hear this man, because his words are those of a humanity rediscovered,” she writes. Words that reveal, behind the spectacular escapes, the journey of a man who never stopped refusing imposed solitude and seeking his own freedom.
Without ever trying to excuse or judge, *Ne me libérez pas je m’en charge* confronts us with deeply universal questions: what allows a human being to stand upright? What remains when everything is lacking? What does it mean to be free? Through this extraordinary trajectory, the show lets a singular and moving voice be heard. Behind the prison walls, it is ultimately the path of a rediscovered humanity that emerges.
Cast
Based on the film by Fabienne Godet and Frank Vassal, with the participation of Michel Vaujour
Adaptation and direction Zabou Breitman
Performance Yannick Choirat
Lights Éric Soyer
Sound Yoann Blanchard
Music Delphine Malaussena
Special effects Antoine Dorize
Magic Yann Frisch
A co‑production of Beaubourg Productions, Théâtre de la Concorde (Paris), Anthéa Théâtre d’Antibes
With the help of the Centre d’art et de culture de Meudon and the Théâtre François Ponsard de Vienne
With permission from Le Bureau
With the support of ADAMI
Tags: theater, drama, monologue, documentary
Source: https://www.paris.fr/evenements/ne-me-liberez-pas-je-m-en-charge-117305
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