En cas de péril imminent – De et avec Jérôme Rouger / La Martingale

Has a song for peace ever succeeded in discouraging belligerents from entering into conflict?

When the worst is yet to come, should we rely on artists? Aren’t we increasingly giving them the role of entertaining, that is to say, etymologically, of “diverting”, which wouldn’t really be doing us any favours when imminent peril looms on the horizon?
A specialist in zany forms and unclassifiable one-man shows, Jérôme Rouger’s new work questions the place of the artist and, by a semantic shift, the place of laughter in our societies. Is it possible to take on titanic challenges, real or virtual, with only the weapon of a wicked, mischievous and impertinent sense of humour?