Theater - A Picasso

“You will not burn my works.” When Jeffrey Hatcher, the writer behind "The Mentalist" and "Columbo", turns his hand to history, he delivers a gripping theatrical thriller in which art, truth, and manipulation clash.

1941. Paris is under occupation. Pablo Picasso is summoned by Mademoiselle Fischer, a German cultural attaché tasked with organizing an exhibition of “degenerate art” that is to culminate in a book burning. For Picasso, the goal is to save his paintings. A tense confrontation ensues between a rebellious, uncompromising Picasso, brimming with confidence in his talent—“At age 12, I was already painting like Rembrandt”—and a brusque, inscrutable Mademoiselle Fischer, who later becomes more ambiguous. A relentless, fierce, and visceral behind-closed-doors drama about artistic freedom in the face of the rigid doctrine of totalitarianism, where plot twists keep the suspense alive until the final twist. Surprising.

Cast:
By Jeffrey Hatcher
Adaptation: Véronique Kientzy
Directed by: Anne Bouvier
Starring: Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Sylvia Roux

Awards:
A. Bouvier: Molière Award for Best Supporting Role 2019, Molière Award for Best Actress in Private Theater 2019
JP. Bouvier: Winner of the Gérard Philipe Prize, Molière Award nomination for Best Actor 2017, Best Actor at the Avignon Off Festival 2021, Cyranos d’Or nomination for Best Solo Performer 2022.
S. Roux: Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, 2023