Made in France at the Théâtre de la Renaissance: a comedy about the world of work

From September 29, 2025, the Théâtre de la Renaissance welcomes Made in France, a social comedy by Samuel Valensi and Paul-Éloi Forget, co-founders of the La Poursuite du bleu troupe. In a dynamic, collective production, the show explores the contradictions of the working world with lightness and irony, through the absurd fate of an ex-convict hired by a factory in the process of relocating. Somewhere between political theater and situational humor, this choral creation recounts the unlikely struggle of a group of employees determined to "save" French industry... in their own way.

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Émile is released from prison with a reduced sentence: his days will be spent at the factory, his nights at the detention center. As soon as he arrives, he learns that the factory is going to close. The only way to keep his parole? Remain indispensable. Émile discovers an unexpected vocation: becoming a trade unionist. Despite himself, he finds himself embroiled in a resistance movement as crazy as it is improvised, alongside colleagues who are disillusioned, supportive or completely overwhelmed. From meetings to wobbly slogans, from ill-prepared strikes to collective illusions, Made in France paints a tender, sarcastic portrait of a mobilization that is at once absurd, vital and terribly human.

This comedy is aimed at adults and teenagers interested in social issues, committed theater and contemporary collective forms. The deliberately burlesque, sometimes absurd, tone allows serious issues - justice, work, solidarity, the economy - to be tackled with comic detachment. Audiences fond of realistic narratives or classical dramaturgies may be disconcerted by the show's hybrid form, which plays on distancing and discrepancy.

With Made in France, the Théâtre de la Renaissance presents a funny, collective and committed show, which hijacks the codes of comedy to take a closer look at the world of work and its absurdities. A contemporary social satire, to be discovered from September 29, 2025, performed by an inventive and committed troupe.

This article is based on information available prior to the show's premiere. It was written without prior viewing of the show.

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