Presented by A Théâtre français de Toronto production
May 11 - May 29, 2016 8 PM; 2:30 PM; 3:30 PM; May 26, 2016 at 7 PM for the Fundraising Gala & Show
Berkeley street Theatre
26 Berkeley street
Fee: $30-49
Website:
http://theatrefrancais.com/shows/le-placard-the-closet/
After Le dîner de cons (The Dinner Gamer) and L’Emmerdeur, Francis Veber’s acclaimed character François Pignon returns to the TfT stage — and this time, he’s coming out of the closet!
Pignon, mild-mannered accountant for a condom factory, ignored by those around him, finds out he’s about to be sacked. Already overwhelmed by personal problems, this last blow of fate destroys him; all he can do now is throw himself out the window. He is stopped in his tracks by his next door neighbor who concocts a scheme: pretend to be gay so he can keep his job. Pignon will then benefit from an unusual reintegration by coming out of a closet he was never in.
“ A bonbon spiked with mirth and malice. Writer-director Francis Veber, following The Dinner Game, offers another delicious treat.”
Peter Travers – Rolling Stone
A THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DE TORONTO PRODUCTION
WRITTEN BY FRANCIS VEBER
DIRECTED BY GUY MIGNAULT
STARRING PIERRE SIMPSON as François Pignon
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