An agitated deputy who, by his inappropriate attitude, interrupts a play? These are the facts reported by actor and director Benjamin Guillard, on Twitter, on the evening of Tuesday, December 6. That night, elected ecologist Aurélien Taché would have attended, at the Lepic theater, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, a performance of Letters to Anneplay directed by Benjamin Guillard. “Totally Drunk”the deputy for Val d’Oise would have “deeply disturbed the representation”. “Talking loudly, clapping absurdly, cursing the comedian until the latter interrupts and asks him to leavesays the director. He then lamentably threatened the manager with reprisals. It was absolutely mind-boggling and lamentable.”
1/2 I am the director of “Letters to Anne” which is currently being played at the Lepic theater.
This evening, the deputy @Aurelientache , totally drunk, deeply disturbed the performance. Speaking loudly, clapping absurdly, insulting the comedian…— Guillard Benjamin (@GuillardB) December 6, 2022
Contacted by CheckNews to clarify the course of the evening, Benjamin Guillard explains that he wants to stick to his testimony on the social network and indicates that he “don’t want to add more”.
For his part, Aurélien Taché says to himself “really surprised” the extent of a scene “which lasted two minutes” : “I clapped, and so I naively disrupted the performance a bit. And at the same time a phone rang, which added to the hubbub. Then I wanted to clap quietly, waving my hands. What the actor did not understand, and therefore he asked me out. What I have done ! Admittedly by grumbling, by saying that it was inadmissible, but I left. I am especially surprised by the reaction of the director, who allows himself in addition to the accusations… I was simply coming out of a dinner where I had had a drink or two before.
Actress Marie-Clotilde Ramos-Ibanez (Plus Belle la vie, Such a big sun) was in the room on Tuesday evening, and confirms to CheckNews the incident as told by the director. “From the start of the play, around 7:15 p.m., we could hear noises. I thought it was going to stop but a little later, Patrick Mille plays a scene where he descends into the audience. That’s when the hon. member started getting really fussy, waving at her. The actor asked him what he wanted, and the man then loudly said, “I wanted to say hi.” Patrick Mille then asked him out. The man then said “You’ll hear about me, I’m an MP [de gauche]” and left the room”says the actress, who specifies that she only understood after the fact that the man in question was Aurélien Taché.
Ditto on the side of the actor Patrick Mille, who nevertheless wishes to point out that there is “nothing serious” : “There are no complaints, he wasn’t violent, and he came out when I asked him. We can even laugh about it: the scene took place while I was playing Mitterrand in an agitated congress of the socialist party…” he laughs.
“Totally unacceptable”
The president of the group of ecologists, Cyrielle Chatelaintold the Figaro : “What is described by Benjamin Guillard is unacceptable, totally unacceptable” : “We have internal rules in our group”, adds MP EE-LV who must “to consult” and evokes “possible penalties” to take against his colleague.
On September 7, Aurélien Taché was fined 5,000 euros by the Niort court for violence and contempt. Involved in a fight on the night of February 8 to 9, he had insulted and threatened the police who had been sent to the scene, recalls France Bleu.