Mathieu Madénian

"Laugh till you cry" is the promise Mathieu Madenian makes with this fourth and new show, in which he recounts, with an extraordinary sense of self-mockery, how his life and his most deeply held certainties were turned upside down by the late arrival of his first child. For an hour driven along at a brisk pace, Mathieu takes us on a plunge into the turbulent world of a newly minted father trying to juggle the absurdity of a world on the brink of chaos while learning the ropes of fatherhood.

How can he reconcile his traditional upbringing with the new wave of modern fatherhood? How do you explain the concepts of gender to your son... when he can't even get the hang of TikTok? And above all, how do you avoid being taken for a left-behind boomer?

With his unique talent for turning everyday life into comedy, Mathieu offers a show in which he talks about his mistakes, his failures, and the lessons he draws from his little boy, who, barely born, already seems to know more about life than he does. A hilarious and moving journey in which Mathieu presents what is at once his most personal and his most universal show.