Thomas Fersen - Comme on quitte un imperméable

and La Scala Comme on quitte un imperméable is an adaptation of Thomas Fersen's eponymous novel, which will be published by Seuil in May 26.

and La Scala

Comme on quitte un imperméable is an adaptation of Thomas Fersen's eponymous novel, which will be published by Seuil in May 26.

Co-produced by Zouave and La Scala, this show directed by Samuel Achache will premiere this summer in Avignon, then be performed in Paris and across France until summer 2028.

Peppered with unreleased songs and pieces from his repertoire, and performed by Thomas Fersen accompanied by three musicians, Comme on quitte un imperméable recounts in octosyllables how, after discouraging beginnings in music and the loss of his part-time job as a cable installer, the hero is sent to Mexico by his father. Tender and funny, Thomas Fersen lends memories of his youth to his apprentice globe-trotter. With whimsy, he evokes the exoticism and lushness, the devotion and religiosity of the lands he traverses, offering us an allegorical vision of his adventures. A rite-of-passage voyage, an epic as piquant as it is rollicking, the dangers the hero exposes himself to are so many rituals of passage into adulthood. Tender and funny, Comme on quitte un imperméable carries us away with the poetic power of its writing. Singer-songwriter and performer, Thomas Fersen is a singular figure in French chanson with his inimitable sense of evocation.