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Open in the appBased on René Daumal Theatre | Creation | Gabriel Alvarez – Studio d'Action Théâtrale Gabriel Alvarez or the art of uncorking only the finest wines. As here, with the exhilarating "Grande Beuverie" by the highly spiritual René Daumal. Language undergoes strange contortions while… Based on René Daumal Theatre | Creation | Gabriel Alvarez – Studio d'Action Théâtrale Gabriel Alvarez or the art of uncorking only the finest wines. As here, with the exhilarating "Grande Beuverie" by the highly spiritual René Daumal. Language undergoes strange contortions while the author flushes out charlatans of every kind. For those who stagger, there is no bad company. Here then is a circle of friends united by the same thirst, for drinks as for meaning. From laboured dialogues to nonsensical peroration, they are like atoms subjected to furious opposing forces. At the grand ball of confusion, everyone has their say, their definitive statement, their little idea about the best way to make the world go round. A narrator invites us to follow the fine crew as they attempt to escape the grip of alcohol. But there's a catch, as the saying goes: other existential abysses await them where artists, scientists and politicians hold sway without restraint. A rereading of the circles of Dante's Hell, played out in tipsy mode and traversed to the rhythm of a language that, like the hangover that follows memorable drinking bouts, is of the finest wood. A merciless satire as much as a mystical fable, "La Grande Beuverie" heralds our present world, a devastating cocktail of technological intoxication, ostentatious frivolity and the abandonment of values. We raise our glass to human stupidity and drink it down in one!