"Le Clan des divorcées" is a title that immediately sets the tone for a sparkling comedy where comical situations and punchy dialogues promise to make the audience roar with laughter while exploring the pitfalls of modern relationships.
This hilarious comedy tells, roughly speaking, the story of three newly divorced women who, rather than sinking into sorrow, decide to live together to face the tribulations of post-marriage life with six hands. Stéphanie, a woman in her forties in search of a fresh start, arrives in Paris, but quickly discovers that true love is an affordable flat-share. She then recruits Mary Bybowl, a British woman as anxious as a hamster in a cage of cats, and Brigitte, a countrywoman who speaks very loudly to be sure of being heard in the posh districts of Paris. An explosive trio for even crazier situations!
Through these zany and delirious characters, the play has fun asking serious questions about freedom and equality, while following the ups and downs of this unlikely trio learning to reinvent themselves after divorce. With humour and lightness, it dynamites dusty clichés about divorced women and shatters social barriers, proving that a new beginning can also rhyme with fits of laughter, mutual aid… and little low blows.
The caustic spring of the play rests on the distinct personalities of the three protagonists, who find themselves confronted with comical situations linked to their cohabitation. And as if that were not enough, colourful male characters, such as Martin, Noël and Philippe, come to add their grain of salt to situations that are already quite spicy, multiplying misunderstandings, blunders and bursts of laughter.
With lines that fly and situations that do not lack spice, the play delivers a powerful message: women not only have the capacity to reinvent themselves, but they can also get back up, even when life puts them face to face with emotional and social mountains. And all this, with a good dose of laughter and self-deprecation, of course!
For his part, Alil Vardar, director and one of the main actors of the play, specifies that the text of the play, which he wrote 20 years ago, addresses the theme of divorce, a reality that has become common in France and in many countries around the world.
He further specified that his goal, as an artist, is to shine a spotlight on various societal subjects and to transmit positive messages, adding that although divorce is a painful experience and a delicate subject, he strives to treat this sensitive theme in a comic register.
Alil Vardar stressed that the message of this play is that "hard moments come and go, and when a difficulty dissipates, it is to pave the way for another", noting that this work, which has been performed for 20 years, owes its success to its deeply human moments, its positive energy and its message of hope for a better future.
Alil Vardar, director and more
Director of the play "Le plus beau jour de ma vie" (The best day of my life), Alil Vardar is one of the Belgian actors and playwrights from Brussels. Born on 7 February 1970, he is best known for having written and performed in the hit play "Le Clan des divorcées" and created a spin-off television series, broadcast on Comédie. Born to Albanian parents who immigrated to Brussels, Alil Vardar is the youngest of five children.
From his childhood, he was fascinated by humour. After having held multiple jobs, notably delivery driver and real estate agent, he decided to make it his profession. In 1995, he bought a café-theatre in Brussels, the Comiqu'Art.
At the same time, he created, produced and hosted with his brothers Hazis and Hamdi, a radio show titled La Bande de Contact, for Radio Contact Belgium. As the Comiqu'Art became too small, Alil and his brothers decided to duplicate the same project in Liège, then in Charleroi.
