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Loïc Thomas' one-man show is back in Avignon 2026, completely re-staged.<div> After a sold-out Avignon in 2025, and an award for "Best Francophone Artist" at the Montreal Sketchfest, "J'aurais voulu" returns in a new staging by Manu Kroupit.</div><div><br></div><div> The story:</div><div> He dreamed of setting the stage on fire. Too bad: he dies in his very first line.</div><div> In the afterlife, he is granted an exceptional favor: one hour. One hour to live through all the lives he never dared to live.</div><div> Alone on stage, Loïc Thomas transforms himself and gives life to a gallery of characters.</div><div> Between sound sequences, visual sketches and confidences, driven by physical acting and an overflowing imagination, he replays all his lives, without limits.</div><div> After all, what does he risk?</div><div><br></div><div> He is already dead.</div><div><br></div><div> Launched on social media a few weeks before the festival, Loïc Thomas has already accumulated tens of millions of views with his characters.</div>