Adrien

First production at Brussels, the 1st of March, 2007 by the Théâtre Royal du Parc, with Bruno Georis, Roxane de Limelette, Frédéric Lepers, Rachel Luxen and Jacqueline Nicolas, directed by Jacques Neefs

Synopsis
At the age of fifty Adrien decides that he will no longer work and will only do what pleases him. All of his entourage is stupefied: his wife, his daughter, the bookseller, nd his colleagues.
None of them understand his decision. What is he hiding?
A sparkling and original fable, a real firework display of dialogue which shatters even before one has even been able to latch onto it. The mystery surrounding Adrien is intoxicating in its lightness and depths, distilling the suspense with finesse up until the final sentence.

Extract

Mme Léon That morning he passed by my tobacco shop, as he does every morning. At the same time. With this difference : he was passing by in the other direction. He wasn't leaving, he was already returning.
Hélène	Are you planning on getting up at five in the morning every day?
Adrien	With the sun. It's the ideal hour.
Hélène	Ideal ?
Adrien	For walking.
Hélène	(to the others, as if Adrien wasn't ther) He went for a walk!
Bernard	A walk ! Adrien ?
Hélène	He's never walked in his life. He always went from the metro straight to the lift.
Bernard	And from the fax to the photocopier.
Adrien	(to Hélène) A walk is more invigorating before the sun gets too hot.
Hélène	You're planning on walking ?
Adrien	I'm planning on preparing for the fourth stage of life.