At Victor Hugo's funeral, more than two million people followed the hearse to the Panthéon. Never since has a public figure been celebrated in such numbers. Even Johnny's one million fans made him pale in comparison. This just goes to show the immense love and incredible popular force of Victor Hugo, whose literary work takes on all forms: poetic, novelistic, theatrical, political and intimate. His words are the bearers of a total commitment, whether against the death penalty or his fight against poverty.
Words that carry the mourning and the exile, words that are a remedy for despair, cynicism and stagnation. Words as a source of life, beauty and immense fraternity.
This show is an ebullient and abundant portrait of Victor Hugo. A musical and choral plunge into (part of) the author's titanic oeuvre, to get as close as possible to the Hugo man. It's a hybrid, festive, cabaret tribute to the world of Cie de l'Ovale and Les Productions de la Misère.
