Elie Semoun « Cactus »

Elie Semoun takes the stage at Le Ponant in Pacé on May 22, 2026 with a show that draws on what he has been working on since the beginning of his career: characters, confidences and fragments of everyday life. First brought to attention as part of a duo in the 1990s, he continued solo with a concise, rhythmic writing style, sustained by a gallery of figures that are sometimes cowardly, often off-kilter. You’ll find his silhouettes from the Classified Ads, new faces and candid snapshots captured on the spot, somewhere between stand-up and live sketches. He speaks of age, family, appearances, and tiny obsessions that end up saying a lot, with a taste for detail and the offbeat. Microphone in hand, he shifts between voices, changes pace, and slides from a look to an intonation. Those who have followed his trajectory will recognize familiar themes; others will discover a comedian who moves between tenderness and barbs, with one foot in the absurd and the other in the real.