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Open in the appBased on René Daumal Theatre | Creation | Gabriel Alvarez – Studio d'Action Théâtrale Gabriel Alvarez, the master of opening only the finest bottles. As here, with the exhilarating "Great Binge" by the highly spiritual René Daumal. Language undergoes strange contortions while the… Based on René Daumal Theatre | Creation | Gabriel Alvarez – Studio d'Action Théâtrale Gabriel Alvarez, the master of opening only the finest bottles. As here, with the exhilarating "Great Binge" by the highly spiritual René Daumal. Language undergoes strange contortions while the author exposes charlatans of every stripe. For those who stagger, there is no bad company. Here then is a circle of friends united by the same thirst—for drinks and for meaning. From laborious dialogues to rambling speeches, they are like atoms subject to fierce opposing forces. At the grand ball of confusion, everyone has something to say, their final word, their little idea about the best way to make the world go round. A narrator invites us to follow the motley crew as they attempt to break free from alcohol's grip. But there's a catch, as they say: other existential abysses await them where artists, scientists, and politicians hold sway. A retelling of Dante's circles of Hell, reimagined in drunken fashion and traversed to the rhythm of a language that, like the hangover following memorable binges, is of the finest quality. A ruthless satire as much as a mystical fable, "The Great Binge" foretells 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 in one go!