For the Festival Off d’Avignon 2023, an alternative theater and live performance festival,JoeyStarr signs his first staging for the text of Clarisse Fontaine, “This little music that no one hears”, which deals with the theme of domestic violence. This choice may come as a surprise, but JoeyStarr explains himself bluntly with his legendary outspokenness: “I learn from my mistakes every day. I turned 55 last year, I’m still under construction”.
This “mea culpa” also surprised Clarisse Fontaine. “I asked myself a few questions, but it opened a door for me: I thought that the whole of society had to make an effort, which could also change, and if it opened this door for me, it can open others”she explained, as reported by our colleagues fromEurope 1, before the artist who had experienced addiction problems added: “I believe in it so much that my eyes are watery”.
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JoeyStarr, absent to meet young people
However, when it comes to ensuring a meeting with young people from the neighborhoods, the man who has turned to comedy over time fails. Our colleagues from Provence indeed report that JoeyStarr did not honor his meeting organized by the Théâtre du Balcon. “He is still at the Hotel d’Europe, he will be there in 10 minutes. We just have to start without him”launched Clarisse Fontaine, disconcerted, trying to play down the situation, according to Provence.
THE “10 minutes” eventually turned into “one hour”… An “eternity” during which the artist officiated alone on the main stage in the cellar of the Palais des Papes. “I know you’re a little disappointed, you all thought you had JoeyStarr”regretted Clarisse Fontaine, aware that young people from the Rocade, Saint-Chamand, Monclar or Champfleury, invited to participate via the city’s social centers or the Local Mission as part of the operation “Summer Quarters”hoped to meet their idol.
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