Comedian and authorÉric Feldman takes to the stage at the Théâtre du Rond-Point with On ne jouait pas à la pétanque dans le ghetto de Varsovie, a singular show combining stand-up, art-house theater and intimate testimony. At the crossroads of family memory and stage performance, this creation would offer a bold, personal reflection on the legacy of the Holocaust, drawing on unexpected humor and a great freedom of tone.
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In On ne jouait pas à la pétanque dans le ghetto de Varsovie, Éric Feldman takes to the stage alone to deliver what he describes as a jubilant autofiction. Drawing on the story of his parents - both of whom were "hidden children" during the Second World War - the artist seems to propose a narrative somewhere between intimate confession and collective analysis, in a free form oscillating between lecture and stand-up.
The show touches on many themes: Holocaust remembrance, of course, but also psychoanalysis, yoga, living art and questions of transmission. Through this hybrid approach, Éric Feldman proposes a spiral of stories and thoughts, where humor balances the seriousness of the subject without ever distorting it.
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On ne jouait pas à la pétanque dans le ghetto de Varsovie (We Didn't Play Petanque in the Warsaw Ghetto) would appeal to an audience sensitive to engaged, atypical theatrical forms, ready to receive a personal discourse on a major historical theme. Audiences interested in questions of memory, intergenerational transmission, or collective traumas dealt with in the first person could identify with it.
The humor present in the show - though subtle and thoughtful - could surprise or unsettle some viewers who expect a strictly solemn tone. This show is not for those seeking a purely historical account or documentary reconstruction: On ne jouait pas à la pétanque dans le ghetto de Varsovie is above all a subjective, embodied and singular look at a tragic memory.
Éric Feldman will write andperform the text for this one-man show. The deliberately offbeat title suggests a desire to shake up codes, to take a humorous approach to the past, without losing sight of the depth of the message.
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In On ne jouait pas à la pétanque dans le ghetto de Varsovie, Éric Feldman delivers a necessary, intimate and embodied account of the memory of the Holocaust, using the tools of theater, humor and autofiction. A show between laughter and gravity, to be discovered for its approach that promises to be both offbeat and profoundly human.
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Dates and Opening Time
From June 18, 2025 to June 29, 2025
Prices
€14 - €33
Booking
www.theatredurondpoint.fr
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