• Chances are, in my first step in professional stage acting I'll be impersonating one of the lesser known roman emperors, yet ambitious, art loving and 'bon vivant', protector of the early christians, betrayed by some of his closest friends. A well too universal fate, that echoes so easily with past memories of my african youth, I hardly had trouble finding the character, the situations and the feelings. I will take this opportunity to pay tribute to all those, past and present, who tried to do something for their country amidst all adversity, with my father as a reference.

• "Gallien" is a 5 act french tragedy, finely written by a young friend of mines, Julien Bouchard-Madrelle. Two ex-"Comédie Française" figures are involved: Colette Louvois, directing, and Pierre de Moro Giafferi as "Claude". Added to the talented cast, we are to enjoy performance by established professionals such as Wally Bajeux, Pierre Hentz and Marie-Thérèse Roy.

• The play will premier on December 18th and 20th next, at Théâtre-des-Hauts-de-Seine, 5 rue Henri Martin, Puteaux, France. I must make it extremely clear that I am not involved in the music, nor the sound, lighting, art production, costumes, none of that. In this, I am not a musician, but an actor, like any other actor who knows to well how it feels to have been chosen, and who will only focus on deserving that honor, quite simply put. Please pass those words ...

• Tickets can be purchased over the net .