Theatre: Repairing the Living

A thrilling monologue adapted from the bestseller by Maylis de Kerangal, the show is carried by the excellent Emmanuel Noblet. It tells in a moving way the story of the fatal car accident of the young surfer Simon, a transplant and a resurrection.

Alone on stage, surrounded by voice-overs, director and actor Emmanuel Noblet (appreciated last season in the poignant Article 353 of the Penal Code) tells the story of a heart transplant: how the heart of Simon, a nineteen-year-old surfer, who died in a car accident, will replace that of fifty-year-old Claire, at the end of a captivating race against time.
Adapted from the bestseller by Maylis de Kerangal, this thrilling monologue places at the center of the plot families, patients, surgeons, nurses, in other words, a whole human chain that is active for twenty-four hours, to achieve this feat of modern medicine. An intimate and collective ordeal, around an organ that is a symbol of life and a place of all emotions.
With elegant sobriety and without pathos, this show, which won the 2017 Molières, keeps you on the edge of your seat and manages to move you to tears as well as to make you smile. Maylis de Kerangal's words ring true and transmit a great life force. A human adventure that is both terrible and formidable, carried on stage with ardour and modesty. Overwhelming.

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