2023-11-02 21:00:08
Alison Wheeler, October 26, 2023, at the Théâtre de l’Atelier, in Paris. AUDOIN DESFORGES FOR “THE WORLD”
For the first time in her career, Alison Wheeler takes the stage alone. And offers a show in his image, combining stand-up, videos and songs. An original format that exudes crazy charm and humor. A comic grammar that resembles him to talk about the things of life with a keen sense of the absurd and self-deprecation.
At 37 years old, this actress with long red hair and light blue eyes, this false ingénue and true mischievous with a slightly childish voice, has become, over the last decade, a known and endearing face in the comedy world. Historical member of Studio Bagel – a collective of very inventive comedians who popularized sketches filmed for the Web -, Miss Météo barree in “Le Grand Journal” on Canal+, ferociously funny columnist on France Inter, then in “Quotidien” on TMC, the The comedian chose to leave television to devote himself to this new artistic adventure.
This meeting with the public, which she postponed for a long time, Alison Wheeler titled it One night’s promise. On the poster, we see her sitting on the ground, late evening atmosphere with no tomorrow. “The hangovers of life, the moments of emotional wandering, are often the moments that stay in my memory”, justifies this “thwarted romantic” who loves nothing more than having fun with his own defeats and paradoxes.
Fear of failure
Her show offers a form of self-portrait in resonance with the times: that of a thirty-year-old “eligible for egg freezing” which takes stock, without concession, of its ” Mental Health “ unstable, his relationship with men (“I’m the one just before the one he marries, what am I? A training center ? ») and about the kid she was. This creates some hilarious moments like him losing his temper in the middle of baby shower (baby shower to honor a mother-to-be) and her vision on the stalking (“stalking”) exes on social networks or, more moving, like her imaginary meeting with the 10 year old child that she was.
She started her tour a few months ago, “terror in my stomach”spending nights ” Eyes wide open “ to repeat the show, but the public, curious to discover the facetious columnist in real life, responded. In all cities of the tour, One night’s promise packed house. Because this evening in words, in images and in music (accompanied by a pianist, Alison Wheeler sings very well) is a hit.
The idea of going on stage has been around for a long time ” afraid ” this actress. Quite simply out of fear of failure. “I have always placed this discipline of being alone on stage very high. It almost requires a sportsman’s mentality. I’m still learning. We rarely blame dramatic artists for not making us cry, but when we don’t make us laugh, there is a violence of judgment. But I’ve reached a point in my life where I have enough neuroses to want to write about them without being in therapy. Today, I accept being extremely contradictory, with the desire to have everything [mec, enfants] and at the same time very strongly reject the norm. So I give myself the chance to do something new. »
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