Spéctacle : Huit Rois (nos président)

In 2058, the therapy begins.

In the privacy of her consulting room, therapist Francesca Corini receives a patient unlike any other: Emmanuel Macron, aged 81, four-time president… and still standing for election. His symptom: anxiety attacks are preventing him from confirming his candidacy for another election. To cure him, an unprecedented approach is adopted: a single session to retrace his entire political career, from 2017 to 2058.
Through re-enacted memories, physical exercises, political visions and forays into Macron’s subconscious, the therapist and her patient trace the thread of an obsession. Gradually, another question emerges: why, despite everything, does he continue to crave power?

Léo Cohen-Paperman presents the fifth and penultimate instalment of his saga *Les Huit Rois* (The Eight Kings), offbeat portraits of the eight presidents of the Fifth Republic.

Text: Julien Campani, Léo Cohen-Paperman and Emilien Diard-Detoeuf
Directed by: Léo Cohen-Paperman
Starring: Emilien Diard-Detoeuf and Julien Campani (alternating with a female actor – casting in progress)
Set design: Anne-Sophie Grac Costumes: Manon Naudet
Make-up and hair: Pauline Bry
Lighting: Léa Maris
Sound design: Lucas Lelièvre
Stage manager: Thomas Mousseau-Fernandez
Executive Producer, La Générale de Production: Jérémy Pouilloux
Production Manager: Léonie Lenain
Booking and Development: Anne-Sophie Boulan
Administration and Logistics: Lucie Uguen
Communications and Outreach: Lucile Reynaud
Illustration: Laurane Perrot