Most of Jean-Pierre Martinez’s comedies offer the possibility of portraying couples as either heterosexual or homosexual (when the original version features a heterosexual couple). In such cases, homosexuality (whether male or female) is treated as ordinary. It is not addressed as a subject, let alone as a problem, and the homosexual couple faces the same challenges as a heterosexual couple, sharing the same flaws.
Many other plays by the author feature characters with ambiguous sexuality or involve cross-dressing (cross-dressing, after all, has always been one of the classic elements of comedic theatre).
Homosexuality is more rarely addressed as a subject in itself. When it is, it always serves as a secondary theme or simply a dramatic device. In all cases, the focus remains within the realm of comedy.
Alice and Luke have been waiting for years to adopt a baby. Finally, the big day has arrived. The social worker from the Child Welfare agency is expected any minute for a final visit to assess the stability of their relationship, their motivation to adopt, and the child’s future living conditions. But disaster strikes as Alex isn’t home which risks jeopardising everything. Fred must find a way to handle this delicate situation, made worse by a sudden plumbing emergency. Unless the arrival of the plumber provides part of the solution …
Robert and Caroline Blanc would love to marry their daughter Victoria off to Stanislas de Coursensac, the mayor's son, who’s on the verge of being re-elected. But this boulevard comedy seems to have no way out...
Two brothers and two sisters who rarely see each other reunite one last time in the family vacation home to sell it after the death of their mother. However, the issues they need to resolve are not only financial...
John and Christine have invited two of their friends for dinner at their home in London. Natalie arrives without her husband, distraught, having just heard that the plane bringing him home crashed at sea. Together with the potential widow, they wait with bated breath for news confirming whether her husband is among the survivors... and learn that they are the winners of that evening's super jackpot lottery draw. From that moment, the operative phrase becomes “controlling emotions”. And that is just the beginning of an eventful evening, filled with twists, turns, and shocking revelations.
A bag full of banknotes can help to provide a lavish gay wedding for one's son. However, ill-gotten gains never bring lasting benefits...
In a late-night bar under police surveillance, where officers are hunting a dangerous psychopath, a sinister bartender becomes the confidant of lonely patrons seeking to meet mysterious partners from the internet
Stanley's cremation is scheduled for 3:35 PM precisely. Only a handful of close relatives are attending the ceremony since the dearly departed left few cherished memories. But, as they say, authors live on through their work. And this funeral may just turn out to be Stanley's greatest comedy ...
On a plane, the director of a sensationalist magazine coincidentally meets an embalmer, who claims to have a bombshell news, making her dream of a record-braking circulation. Things get complicated because this encounter takes place on a Paris-Tokyo flight: twelve hours in confinement with no way to communicate with the outside world. Holding a scoop but being unable to publish it... A true Japanese torture!
When three people live in a two-room apartment, it means there's one too many. But who?
After inviting the fiancé's parents over to get acquainted and plan the wedding, they soon realize that the parents of the perfect son-in-law don't always make for perfect in-laws…