Jacques Gamblin is the guest of Cultural Affairs

Jacques Gamblin is one of those artists between heaven and earth, whose body seems to defy gravity. In front of the camera, this lover of words gradually moved from third to leading role, with in particular the success of “Soft Pedal” which revealed him to the general public. We can currently see him at the cinema in “The Tiger and the President”, a film by Jean-Marc Peyrefitte released on September 7. On the stage side, Jacques Gamblin dances as much as he plays and directs. Since 1991, with “Quincailleries”, his first book, he has brought to the stage personal texts in which he reveals his intimate territories. He is currently playing “Harvey”, a play by Mary Chase directed by Laurent Pelly, until October 8 at the Théâtre du Rond-Point, before continuing the tour until January. So many reasons to return, in his presence, to his career and his imagination.

His news:

• Spectacle : “ HARVEY “, a piece of Mary Chase directed by Laurent Pelly with Jacques Gamblin , Christine Brücher, Pierre Aussedat, Agathe L’Huillier, Thomas Condemine, Emmanuel Daumas, Lydie Pruvot, Katell Jan, Grégory Faive, Kevin Sinesi. Until October 8 at Roundabout Theater .
  The show will then be on tour : October 11, 2022 at the Théâtre des Cordeliers in Annonay (07) / October 14, 2022 Théâtre de Cachan – Jacques Carat in Cachan (94) / October 18, 2022 at the Théâtre des Sablons in Neuilly (92) / October 21, 2022 at the Théâtre de Dracénie in Draguignan (83) / November 24 and 25, 2022 at the Théâtre, national stage in Mâcon (71) / December 13 and 14, 2022 at the Bateau Feu, national stage in Dunkirk (59) / From January 4 to 6, 2023 at the MC2 in Grenoble (38) / January 10 and 11, 2023 in Antipolis, Antibes Theater (06) / January 18, 2023 Espace Jean Legendre in Compiègne (60) / January 21, 2023 Espace Marcel Carné in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge (91) .

Presentation of the room : “Elwood – Jacques Gamblin – is a gentle eccentric flanked by an imaginary friend, a six-foot-tall white rabbit, whom he calls Harvey. In the cozy Simmons house, the madness of Elwood breaks the oiled mechanics of bourgeois society and its habits. Head to the asylum, passing through labyrinths of misunderstandings and hilarious twists, in a fantastic fresco with sets that have fallen from the sky or emerged from the backstage. Iconic Broadway play since its created in 1944, Pulitzer Prize for its author Mary Chase, Harvey twists the codes of comedy, mixes childish cruelty and wonder in a humanist epic, a rhythmic ode to difference”

• Film : “The Tiger and the President”, film by Jean-Marc Peyrefittewith Jacques GamblinAndré Dussollier, Christian Hecq, released on September 7. Synopsis : “1920, the Roaring Twenties. Georges Clemenceau has just lost the presidential election to the unknown Paul Deschanel, an idealist who wants to change the country. But one evening the latter falls from a train and vanishes. In the early morning , France is looking for its president, a golden opportunity for Tiger Clemenceau…”