Et Pendant ce Temps Simone Veille! at Comédie Bastille

60 years of feminism, in humor and song, all in just over an hour? This is the challenge admirably taken up by the now cult show that revisits the struggle for women's rights: Et pendant ce temps, Simone veille! playing for its 8th season at the Comédie Bastille, with its new cast, until April 29, 2025.

Spanning 4 generations, the play retraces, with humor and song, the struggle of women since the 1950s and pays tribute to this great lady, Simone Veil, who left us in June 2017 and now rests in the Panthéon.

Back on November 26, 1974, Simone Veil presented her bill on voluntary interruption of pregnancy to the French National Assembly. The time for change had come! After obtaining the right to vote extremely belatedly (in 1944), the fight for women's rights did not stop there. Simone Veil, Minister of Health under Giscard d'Estaing in the Chirac government, continued to fight for passage of the bill - and will go down in history.

In the meantime,Simone veille! takes us through four generations of women, from the fight for abortion to the recent PMA and the wearing of pants. Four actresses come to life for a journey through time, guided by the eccentric Simone as a guiding thread.

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Part entertainment, part instructive, Simone's character recalls the key dates of these decades of struggle, highlighting the progress and challenges that remain to achieve equality between women and men. A subtle tribute to feminist victories, directed by Gil Galliot.

Et pendant ce temps Simone veille!" is more than just a comedy; it's a real plunge back in time, an exploration of feminist advances punctuated byhumor and memorable songs.

For those interested in the evolution of the fight for gender equality, it's a great opportunity for sharing and reflection. At the Comédie Bastille, until April 29, 2025.