A director accuses the ecologist deputy Aurélien Taché of having “disturbed” a performance of his play in a Parisian theater on Tuesday evening while being intoxicated, which the elected official defends himself.
“This (Tuesday) evening, the deputy Aurélien Taché, totally drunk, deeply disrupted the performance. Speaking loudly, clapping absurdly, insulting the actor until the latter interrupted himself and asked him to leave”, tweeted Benjamin Guillardwhose piece “Letters to Anna” is performed at the Théâtre Lepic, in Paris.
“He then lamentably threatened the manager with reprisals. It was absolutely mind-blowing and lamentable. Who do you think you are, Aurélien Taché? What world do you live in?”, the director was indignant.
Of the “inappropriate applause” most “nothing bad”
With AFP, Aurélien Taché estimated that his applause “were not appropriate, but I left as soon as I was asked. While grumbling, it’s true, but I didn’t insult anyone. There’s nothing too bad about it”he pointed out.
In the newspaper Liberation, the deputy of Val-d’Oise, in the Paris region, said to himself “really surprised” the extent of a scene “which lasted two minutes”. He said he had “applauded” and so “a little naively disturbed the representation”.
“And at the same time, a phone rang, which contributed to the hubbub. Then I wanted to clap quietly, waving my hands. Which the actor didn’t understand, and he told me So asked to go out. Which I did! Of course, while moaning, saying that it was inadmissible, but I went out”, the MP added further, saying he had “had a drink or two before” the room.
At this stage, the environmental group does not foresee any sanction against Aurélien Taché and is waiting to find out more. Also quoted by Liberation, Patrick Mille, actor in the play, believes that there is “nothing serious. There are no complaints, he wasn’t violent and he came out when I asked him.”
You gon’ hear about me, I’m a deputy
The actress Marie-Clotilde Ramos-Ibanez (“Plus belle la vie”), who was present in the room on Tuesday evening, for her part confirmed the version given by the director, affirming that the man she had not immediately identified as Aurélien Taché had launched on leaving the room: “You will hear about me, I am a deputy”. Requested by AFP, the Lepic theater could not be reached immediately.
At the beginning of September, Aurélien Taché had been sentenced to a fine of 5,000 euros in Niort for having insulted police officers who intervened after an attack of which he had been the victim in this city in February.