Currently promoting his book The carnival of the ambitiousgave news of (their real name) on the microphone of Telepro on January 16, 2025. Very close to the couple who set the stage of their show on fire The Largest Cabaret in the World in the 2000s, the 71-year-old comedian spoke of their strong bond as well as the reason why they no longer appeared on the small screen.
The characters weighed on them
“[Ce sont] my friends and real artists” says straight away the dad of Sébastien (fruit of his love with Martine, born on December 5, 1970 and ), of 0livier (fruit of his relationship with Sylvie), of Benjamin (born in 1991 of his love with Fanfan) and of Lily (adopted with her ex Nathalie He continues: “).The characters were weighing on them, they didn’t stop, they stopped Shirley and Dino, the characters. They stage operas, they were fed up [des personnages] and I find that more than honest. They could have run longer, but there are plenty of them who are caricatures of themselves and who continue“.
Shirley and Dino on stage
Moreover, ‘s parents have continued to perform with their troupe Achille Tonic. At the beginning of 2023, they also presented their production of the opera Turandot, by Franco Alfano and Giacomo Puccini in Grenoble and took the stage in the summer of 2024 at the Estivales de Loire. The couple met in 1982 while studying theater at the University of Censier in Paris.
As a couple on stage or in the cityShirley and Dino chose to take a step back, as mentioned. “The soul of Shirley and Dino is there, but the characters, their costumes, the Vichy dress, it’s gone. We didn’t want it anymore…“, Gilles Benizio confided to La Provence in 2022 before adding: “We didn’t want to be less good and bore people. They were put in a retirement home to do something else.“
Guest on the set of BuzzTV/Le Figaro last October, . “They are still artists. Gilles sent me something the other night, but it was just because he was at a party where people were singing Sardines. They did lots of stuff. I’m not too familiar with what they’re doing at the moment, but they’re real artists.“, he had already reported.
