Train de vie

What if a simple train platform could open up an entire life?

In Train de vie, Philippe Gougler, journalist, seasoned traveller, and the iconic face of the TV show Des trains pas comme les autres (France Télévisions), takes to the stage for the first time to recount his own journey.

From his solitary childhood in Franche-Comté, where he dreamt of faraway places watching trains pass by, to his first trembling steps behind a radio microphone, and on to the far reaches of the world explored along the rails, he takes us on a story that is as intimate as it is universal.

Alone on stage, he brings to life a gallery of colourful characters, comical situations, and suspended moments, where humour meets emotion. Because beyond the landscapes crossed, it is above all the encounters that shape a destiny.

Train de vie is an invitation to travel… but above all to meet oneself. A sensitive and generous show, carried by an authentic voice, which subtly questions our relationship with the world, with others, and with our own detours.

Between autobiographical narrative and inner epic, Philippe Gougler delivers a profoundly human first one-man show, accessible to all audiences, and resolutely anchored in our time.

A show by Philippe GOUGLER and Cristos MITROPOULOSWith: Philippe GOUGLER Directed by: Cristos MITROPOULOS Set design: Bastien FORESTIER Lighting: Pedro PEP Video: Nathalie CABROL Sound design: Adrien HOLLOCOU Costumes: Virginie BREGER Production: KI M’AIME ME SUIVE