Théâtre Gérard Philipe PRODUCTIONS AND TOURS 2017 2016 2015

2017
2016
2015
Théâtre Gérard Philipe
Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
Direction Jean Bellorini
PRODUCTIONS AND TOURS
Jean Bellorini
Chat borgne théâtre - Jean-Yves Ruf
Théâtre Majâz - Lauren Houda Hussein, Ido Shaked
Tutti Troppo - Alain Gautré
Le Birgit Ensemble - Julie Bertin, Jade Herbulot
Collectif In Vitro - Julie Deliquet
Théâtre de l’incrédule - Benjamin Lazar
Macha Makeïeff
Production contacts
Jean-Baptiste Pasquier, Productions and projects director
[email protected] / Tel. +33(0)1 48 13 19 90 / +33(0)6 79 04 57 04
Gwénola Bastide, Production and diffusion manager
[email protected] / Tel. +33(0)1 48 13 70 17 / +33(0)6 73 09 45 36
Le Théâtre Gérard Philipe, Centre Dramatique National de Saint-Denis
is a place for theatrical creation, co-production and touring. It is managed by the stage director Jean
Bellorini starting January 2014, accompagnied by his artistic group. His dominant theme is creation,
transmission and education. He aims to be poetic, joyful, deeply ingrained in his territory. A place of thought,
invention, where past and future are questionned. Here is a place where we can express our uncertainties,
doubts, our difficulties to speak out and to listen. The TGP becomes a home for us all.
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Contents
Jean Bellorini’s repertoire
JEAN BELLORINI……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………….………….p.4
Les Frères Karamazov [The Brothers Karamazov]
Liliom (ou La Vie et la mort d’un vaurien) [Liliom or The Life and death of a thug]
Cupidon est malade [Cupid isn’t well]
Un fils de notre temps [A Child of Our Time]
Cher Erik Satie [Dear Erik Satie]
Tempête sous un crâne [Tempest in a Skull]
La Bonne Âme du Se-Tchouan [The Good Person of Setzuan]
Paroles gelées [Frozen words]
Productions by associated artists
CHAT BORGNE THÉÂTRE / Jean-Yves Ruf……………………….……………………………………….……………………..………... p.12
Jachère [Fallow]
Les trois sœurs [Three sisters]
THÉÂTRE MAJÂZ / Lauren Houda Hussein and Ido Shaked ………………………………............……………..........p.14
Eichmann à Jérusalem, ou les Hommes normaux ne savent pas que tout est possible [Eichmann in Jerusalem, or normal
people don’t know that everything is possible]
Les Optimistes [The Optimists]
TUTTI TROPPO / Alain Gautré…….…………………………………………………………………………..……………………..……….……….p.16
Impasse des Anges [Angels dead end]
LE BIRGIT ENSEMBLE / Julie Bertin and Jade Herbulot ..…………………………………….………..……….…..…….…p.17
Berliner Mauer : vestiges
COLLECTIF IN VITRO / Julie Deliquet…………………………………………………………………..……….………………………..……p.18
Catherine et Christian – Fin de Partie [Catherine and Christian – Endgame]
Coproductions
THÉÂTRE DE L’INCRÉDULE / Benjamin Lazar……………………………………………………..………...….………..…..………….p.19
Le Dibbouk ou entre deux mondes [The Dybbuk or Between Two Worlds]
MACHA MAKEÏEFF……………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………..………….p.20
Trissotin ou Les Femmes savante [Trissotin or the Learned Ladies]
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Jean Bellorini’s repertoire
JEAN BELLORINI
LES FRÈRES KARAMAZOV
[The Brothers Karamazov]
NEW PRODUCTION 2016
“PEOPLE TALK SOMETIMES OF BESTIAL CRUELTY, BUT THAT'S A GREAT INJUSTICE AND INSULT TO THE BEASTS.”
Fiodor Dostoïevski
Text by Fiodor Dostoïevski / Directed by Jean Bellorini / Translated into French by André Markowicz / Adaptation by Jean Bellorini and
Camille de La Guillonnière / Stage design and lighting Jean Bellorini / Costumes Macha Makeïeff / Musical creation Jean Bellorini,
Michalis Boliakis, Hugo Sablic / Make up Laurence Aué / Assistant director Mélody-Amy Wallet
With Michalis Boliakis, François Deblock, Mathieu Delmonté, Karyll Elgrichi, Jean-Christophe Folly, Jules Garreau, Camille de La
Guillonnière, Jacques Hadjaje, Blanche Leleu, Clara Mayer, Teddy Melis, Marc Plas, Geoffroy Rondeau, Hugo Sablic and a child
PREMIERE: Year 2016
Production Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis, Coproduction: in progress
The Brothers Karamazov is a novel made up of several stories within a story, tying in criminal intrigue, love stories and
metaphysical presentations. The unforgettable characters, torn by their inner conflicts, look for truth that has little to
nothing to do with the search for reason. There are the legitimate sons, shining with passion and questions: Dmitry the
passionate lover, Ivan the philosopher, Alyosha the spiritual. Facing them, is the bastard son, Smerdyakov: cynical and
hateful, disgusted with his plight as a servant. Coincidence brings the four brothers back to their father’s hometown and
they struggle to build their life – torn between love and disgust towards their father. Gripped by the questions of life - of
flesh and of faith - they collide with a foolish, self-indulgent father, a father that makes them doubt their way of life. The
murder twists this otherwise philosophical novel into a crime novel and forces the tormented brothers to confront the
question of responsibility. Who is guilty, the one who executes the fatal blow or the one who doesn’t prevent this blow from
being executed? After having recently worked with theatrical material (La bonne âme du Se-tchouan by Bertolt Brecht,
Liliom ou la Vie et la Mort d’un Vaurien by Ferenc Molnár, Cupidon est malade by Pauline Sales), Jean Bellorini adventures
into narrative fiction by taking on Dostoyevsky’s ultimate masterpiece. Accompanied by his troupe of
actors/musicians/singers, new artists, as well as Camille de La Guillonnière for the adaptation and André Markowicz for
translation, Bellorini hopes to express the lyrical and poetic power of this novel.
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: Pending
AVAILABLE ON TOUR : SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
Production Contact
Jean-Baptiste Pasquier / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
[email protected] / Tel. +33(0)1 48 13 19 90 / +33(0)6 79 04 57 04
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JEAN BELLORINI
LILIOM (OU LA VIE ET LA MORT D'UN VAURIEN)
[Liliom or the life and death of a thug]
ON TOUR
“THE METAPHOR OF THE BUMPER CARS, THE DIZZINESS OF LIGHTS AND MUSIC, ARE EMBLEMS OF A THEATER FULL OF
JOY, BUT CLEARLY REFLECTING OUR WORLD.”
Jean Bellorini
Text by Ferenc Molnár / Stage director Jean Bellorini
Translation Kristina Rády, Alexis Moati, Stratis Vouyoucas
With Julien Bouanich, Amandine Calsat, Julien Cigana, Delphine Cottu,
Jacques Hadjaje, Clara Mayer, Teddy Melis, Marc Plas, Lidwine de
Royer Dupré, Hugo Sablic, Sébastien Trouvé, Damien Vigouroux
PREMIERE: September 25th, 2014, Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique
national de Saint-Denis
TOUR: Season 2015-2016
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September 25 , 2015, Le Préau - centre dramatique régional de Basse-Normandie, Vire
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October 7 and 8t , 2015, Le Grand R - scène nationale de la Roche-sur-Yon
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October 12 and 13 2015, La Coursive - scène nationale de La Rochelle
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November 6 and 7 2015, Le Channel - scène nationale de Calais
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November 11 to 16 2015, Théâtre Firmin Gémier / La Piscine - scène conventionnée
de Chatenay-Malabry
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November 20 and 21 , 2015, Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - scène nationale
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December 3 and 4 , 2015 - Scène nationale de Sénart
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December 16 and 17 , 2015 L’Équinoxe - scène nationale de Châteauroux
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May 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 2016, Théâtre National Populaire de Villeurbanne
Season 2014-2015
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December 18 to 21 , 2014 La Criée Théâtre national de Marseille (outdoors at La Friche Belle de mai)
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March 25 , 2015 Le Granit, scène nationale de Belfort
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April 21 to 23 , 2015 Théâtre de l’Union Centre dramatique national du Limousin
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May 12 , 2015 Espace Jean Legendre Théâtre de Compiègne, scène nationale de l’Oise
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May 19 to 23 mai 2015 Théâtre national de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
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May 28 to June 28 , 2015 Ateliers Berthier Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe
© Pierre Dolzani Production: Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis. Coproduction: Compagnie Air de Lune, Printemps des comédiens - Montpellier,
Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Théâtre des Quartiers d’Ivry, La Criée - Théâtre national de Marseille. With the assistance of the Adami and the Spedidam.
Liliom, the fairground barker, the thug with the looks of an angel, is going in circles on the fairground carousel, until he
meets Julie, the maid, in the moon lit evening. Love then suggests that change is possible, freedom even. But soon it closes
in on him: unemployment, scheming, and distress until the battering begins. Right in the middle of this dull resignation and
despair, a possible future makes its appearance. A child is announced and Liliom starts dreaming again. He plans a trip to
America for his future family. But to pay for the trip, he has to commit an act that will cause his downfall…
The Hungarian author, Ferenc Molnár described this unique play created in 1909 as a “suburban tale in seven scenes”.
This social and dreamlike tale is sometimes bitter, the relationships are sometimes violent, but the company takes a
completely opposite stance, using its usual gentleness, strength and joy. The fairground setting, the music and the
cheekiness of the actors are the key to enter into this world of shadows and lights, hard and enchanting.
PRESS REVIEW: A tough tale sublimated by the enchanting stage direction of Jean Bellorini. Télérama This is Jean Bellorini’s first staging as the
director of Théâtre Gérard Philipe de Saint-Denis. In Liliom ou La Vie et La Mort d’un vaurien by Ferenc Molnár, a fairground atmosphere spreads
from the stage into the whole theatre. Let the party begin! Les Inrocks Bellorini creates a hypnotic atmosphere,between fairground melodrama,
itinerant circus (…) and wistful musical comedy Les Échos We fall for it, taken away by the generosity of the actors La Terrasse The audience
has a hard time leaving behind this beautiful, wistful fairground melody. Hottello As always with Jean Bellorini, we are amazed – incredible stage
design, with bumper cars, caravan, and apparitions that leave you speechless… Le Canard enchaîné
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: Duration 2h / ++18 people (12 actors and musicians, 4 members of the technical staff, 1 stage director, 1 production
manager). The setting has to be transported by a tractor-trailer (85,30m with a hatch) and a 19T truck. On stage, ther is a steel structure of a 11-m
diameter motorized Ferris wheel complete with light garlands on the spokes and the circumference. Total height of the wheel: 11,50m for the big
version and 6,50m for the small version. Width: 11m for the big version and 6m for the small version. Assembly on D-2
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
Production Contact
Jean-Baptiste Pasquier / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
[email protected] / Tel. +33(0)1 48 13 19 90 / +33(0)6 79 04 57 04
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JEAN BELLORINI
CUPIDON EST MALADE
[Cupid isn’t well]
ON TOUR
“YOU MAY UNKISS THE BRIDE”
Pauline Sales, Cupid isn’t well
Text: Pauline Sales / Stage direction: Jean Bellorini
With Olivia Chatain, Nathalie Cuenet, Mathieu Delmonté, Pierre-Isaïe
Duc, Aurélie Edeline, Julien Gaspar or François Deblock, Michalis
Boliakis or Lise Charrin, Hugo Sablic or Timothée Faure
All audiences from age 9 and up
PREMIERE: November 3rd, 2014, Théâtre Am Stram Gram, Geneva (Switzerland)
TOUR: Season 2015-2016
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November 3 , 2015, Le Préau – Centre dramatique régional de Basse-Normandie, Vire
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November 5 and 6 , 2015, Théâtre Municipal de Coutances
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November 12 and 13 , 2015, Le Figuier Blanc, Argenteuil
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November 26 and 27 , 2015, Le Cratère – scène nationale d’Alès
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December 15 to 17 , 2015, Le Grand T, Nantes
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January 12 to 16 , 2016, Théâtre national de Bretagne, Rennes
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January 21 and 22 , 206, Théâtre national de Nice
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January 26 and 27 , 2016, Scènes du Jura – scène nationale, Lons-le-Saunier
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February 21 and 22 , 2016, Théâtre du Passage, Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
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March 10 and 11 , 2016, Théâtre de Lorient – CDDB
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March 14 and 15 , 2016, Théâtre de Saint-Quentin en Picardie
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March 25 and 26 , 2016, à L’Apostrophe, scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise
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May 17 to 21 , 2016, Théâtre national de Toulouse - Midi-Pyrénées
© Elizabeth Carecchio Season 2014-2015
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November 19 to 21 , 2014, Théâtre Benno Besson d’Yverdon (Switzerland)
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November 23 to 25 , 2014, Théâtre l’Équilibre à Fribourg (Switzerland)
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November 28 to 30 , 2014, Théâtre de Vevey (Switzerland)
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December 2 to 5 , 2014, Le Préau, CDR de Vire
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December 10 to 15 , 2014, Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
Coproduction Théâtre Am Stram Gram Genève, Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis and Le Préau, Centre dramatique régional de
Basse-Normandie – Vire, with the artistic participation of the Jeune Théâtre National. The text was commissioned by Fabrice Melquiot, for the Théâtre Am Stram
Gram. The show integrates the Parcours Enfance et Jeunesse (Childhood and Youth Programme) of the Théâtre de la ville for all its performances at the Théâtre
Gérard Philipe de Saint-Denis. The text has been published by Les Solitaires Intempestifs.
A wedding day, quite nerve racking. For the children, the countdown has begun. Indeed, there is no way that Robin’s father
will marry Tine’s mother… This tale is based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream and brings forth the fantasy and the magic of
the original opus. Jean Bellorini gives a generous visual identity and a musical touch – somewhere between pop music and
Purcell. The actors, on their part, offer their own mild madness and fondness for playfulness.
PRESS REVIEW : Jean Bellorini quotes Purcell’s Fairy Queen, and uses his gift, making the stage so lively and poetic that it leads us joyfully into
this enchanted night, where the excitement of passion comes together with the pleasure of acting. La Terrasse
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: Duration 1h20 / ++13 people (6 actors, 2 musicians, 3 members of the technical staff, 1 stage director, 1 production
manager) / A tractor trailer / A black box; the stage needs to be at least 15m long for the wall-to-wall opening and 10m deep. Opening at the edge of
the stage: 8,16m minimum. Height to lighting: 11,50m minimum / Assembly on D-1
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
Production Contact
Jean-Baptiste Pasquier / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
[email protected] / Tel. +33(0)1 48 13 19 90 / +33(0)6 79 04 57 04
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JEAN BELLORINI
ON TOUR
UN FILS DE NOTRE TEMPS
[A Child of Our Time]
"I NEED TO WRITE THIS BOOK. IT IS REALLY PRESSING! I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO READ LONG BOOKS, BECAUSE I AM
POOR AND I NEED TO WORK TO MAKE A LIVING, EAT, SLEEP. I AM, TOO, JUST A CHILD FROM OUR TIME..."
Ödön von Horváth, 1937
Based on the novel by Ödön von Horváth / Stage direction: Jean Bellorini
Assistant director: Mélodie-Amy Wallet / With Clément Durand, Gérôme Ferchaud,
Matthieu Tune, Antoine Raffalli and Mélody-Amy Wallet, piano keyboards
Collective Adaptation and musical composition
PREMIERE: January 10th, 2015, Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de SaintDenis
TOUR: Season 2015-2016
Hall version
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November 6 , 2015, Espace 1789, Saint-Ouen
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November 25 to December 11 , 2015, Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de SaintDenis
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February 16 to 19 , 2016, Scène nationale d’AIbi
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March 31 , 2016, Le Salmanazar, Epernay
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April 9 , 2016, Espace Marcel Carné, Saint-Michel-sur-Orge
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April 19 , 2016, Théâtre Le Passage, Fécamp
Itinerant version
High schools in Seine-Saint-Denis
Théâtre Louis Aragon (outdoors), Tremblay-en-France
Season 2014-2015
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January 16 and April 11 , 2015, Théâtre Louis Aragon, Tremblay-en-France
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January 17 , 21 and 24 , 2015, Maisons de quartier de Saint-Denis
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January 27 to February 1 , 2015, La Piscine – Théâtre Firmin Gémier, Châtenay-Malabry
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February 27 to March 6 , 2015, Sortie ouest, Béziers agglomeration
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March 24 to 27 , 2015, Espace Jean Legendre – Théâtre de Compiègne
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April 1 to 3 , 2015, le Cratère, Scène nationale d’Alès, Alès agglomeration
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April 8 and 9 , 2015, Théâtre de Cornouaille, Scène nationale of Quimper
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April 28 , 2015, Maison des Jeunes et de la culture of Rodez
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April 30 , 2015, Théâtre de Pamiers
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May 12 to 23 , 2015, Théâtre national de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
© Pierre Dolzani TWO VERSIONS ARE AVAILABLE: THE PERFORMANCE HALL VERSION + THE ITINERANT VERSION
Storytellers, actors, sound fiddlers, musicians, actors, poets, together they all tell the tale of A Child of Our Time, the story
of a clueless person, a confused man who enlists in the Army. Ödön von Horváth published the novel in 1938, following his
famous Youth without God, while he was exiled, fleeing the Hitler regime. This is the interior monologue of a young man on
the dole – carried away by the times he lives in – who becomes a soldier in order to survive. Full of dashed hope and bad
sustenance, he takes a cold look at a world gone wild and mad. The fairground, realm of illusions, gives him back some of
his humanity. As it is also made for non theatrical spaces, the stage is empty. Only the fans can be heard, punctuating the
nuances of the actor’s speech, from incarnation to evocation.
PRESS REVIEW: A remarkable stage success of great political insight, mesmerizing even today. La Terrasse. Stage director Jean Bellorini was
able to create a four-part oratorio (…) the actors’ sauciness paradoxically gives additional intensity to this anti-educational novel. Télérama
(TT). One can recognize in this piece the art of Jean Bellorini’s theater: popular and direct, full of emotion and cleverness, catching one off guard.
A theatre which goes straight to your heart, and knocks you out. La Croix
TOURING REQUIREMENTS: Duration 1h30 without interruption / ++8 people (4 artists, 2 stage managers, 1 stage director, 1 production manager)
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/ The show can be adapted to any kind of location / The setting has to be shipped in a 20m truck / Assembly on D-day or D-1 depending on the
version.
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
Production Contact
Gwénola Bastide / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
[email protected] / Tel. +33(0)1 48 13 70 17 / +33(0)6 73 09 45 36
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JEAN BELLORINI
ON TOUR
CHER ERIK SATIE
[Dear Erik Satie]
Melodies and extracts from the Correspondance presque complète by Erik Satie
“EVERYONE WILL TELL YOU I AM NOT A MUSICIAN. THAT IS CORRECT. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF MY CAREER I
CLASSED MYSELF AS A PHONOMETROGRAPHER.”
Erik Satie (translation by Nigel Wilkins)
Stage director: Jean Bellorini / Costumes: Clémence Pernoud
With Michalis Boliakis, Jacques Hadjaje, Damien Pass, Léa Trommenschlager
PREMIERE: July 23rd, 2012 at Théâtre du Jeu de Paume - Aix en Provence festival
TOUR: Season 2015-2016
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A show presented in partnership with the Académie du Festival international d’art lyrique of Aix en Provence
“Satie has left thousands of profound jokes, he would send us messages with his distinctive handwriting. He never read our
replies. After he died, in his room in Arcueil under layers of dust, we found hundreds of unopened letters that lay on top of
each other as if we were discovering the ruins of ancient civilizations”, Jean Cocteau wrote.
This trivia is a good illustration of the mild madness of the composer, who spent his life fighting through letters with his
critics, either real or alleged. This is the source from which Jean Bellorini draws the wonderful and tormented words of this
show. The tunes played, determinedly funny, mirror the influence of music-hall and Montmartre’s cafés-concerts on the
composer’s work.
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: Duration: 1h15 with no intermission / ++7 people (4 artists, 2 stage managers, 1 stage director / production manager) /
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The show can be adapted to all locations / The setting has to be transported in a 20m truck / Assembly on D-1
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
Production Contact
Jean-Baptiste Pasquier / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
[email protected] / Tel. +33(0)1 48 13 19 90 / +33(0)6 79 04 57 04
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JEAN BELLORINI
TEMPÊTE SOUS UN CRÂNE
[Tempest in a Skull]
"WHEREVER MEN GO IN IGNORANCE OR DESPAIR, WHEREVER WOMEN SELL THEMSELVES FOR BREAD, WHEREVER
CHILDREN ARE DEPRIVED OF A BOOK TO READ OR A WARM HEARTH, LES MISÉRABLES KNOCKS AT THE DOOR AND
SAYS ‘OPEN UP, I AM HERE FOR YOU.’"
Victor Hugo (translation by Edward Behr)
Based on Les Misérables by Victor Hugo / Stage director: Jean Bellorini
/ Adaptation by Camille de La Guillonnière, Jean Bellorini / Music by
Céline Ottria / With Mathieu Coblentz, Karyll Elgrichi, Camille de la
Guillonnière, Clara Mayer, Céline Ottria, Marc Plas, Hugo Sablic
PREMIERE: February 16th, 2010 at Théâtre du Soleil
TOUR : March 11th to April 10th, 2016 at Théâtre Gérard Philipe, CDN de Saint Denis
Coproduction Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis,
Compagnie Air de Lune. With the support of Conseil général de Seine Saint-Denis,
ARCADI, Mairie de Paris, ADAMI, Spedidam. In partnership with the Bureau formART.
The company Air de Lune has been at the Théâtre du Soleil for the creation of the
second part of Tempête sous un crâne.
© Pierre Dolzani
This show is an adaptation of Les Misérables, for two actors in the first part and five in the second one, who take on all of
Victor Hugo’s poetry. Along with two musicians, they listen, cut each other short or start chanting together the story of Les
Misérables exactly as if one were to start singing a song. They are obsessed with the tale’s action as well as with the poetic
language. In the manner of Waiting for Godot, these fellows find themselves in a space they do not know. They are waiting
for something. They fill the blanks with words, their only weapon to survive. They may be rambling but they talk to exist:
what if poetry could save lives?
PRESS REVIEW: The most convincing part of this adaptation of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo is the passion that motivates it. An everlasting rage
in facing iniquity and lies, but above all a passion of these times, personified in our times. Therefore, long after they have left us, we play again for
ourselves alone the death of Fantine and of Gavroche, the funerals of General Lamarck, the riots in the streets of Paris, the end of all things and
hope growing. For days, this living theatre stays with us. Télérama It is impossible to give a proper idea of the enthusiasm aroused by this work, so
genuine, so true, so moving, so mischievous. Le Figaro Even the worst audience would be won over; Victor Hugo too, undoubtedly, the core of his
novel is present, alive and inspiring. Le Monde
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: Duration 3h30 / ++11 people (7 artists, 1 stage director, 2 members of the technical staff, 1 production manager) / No
background curtain, no hanging drape. Borders have to be defined depending on the venue / Assembly on D-1
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: DATES UNKNOWN
Production Contact
Jean-Baptiste Pasquier / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
[email protected] / Tel. +33(0)1 48 13 19 90 / +33(0)6 79 04 57 04
Gwénola Bastide / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
[email protected] / Tél. +33(0)1 48 13 70 17 / +33(0)6 73 09 45 36
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JEAN BELLORINI
LA BONNE ÂME DU SE-TCHOUAN
[The Good Person of Setzuan]
"AND YET I FANCIED BEING THE ANGEL OF THE SUBURBS."
Bertolt Brecht
Text Bertolt Brecht / Stage director: Jean Bellorini
Music: Jean Bellorini, Michalis Boliakis, Hugo Sablic / Sound: Joan
Cambon / Make-up: Laurence Aué / Theatre designing and lighting: Jean
Bellorini / Costumes: Macha Makeïeff
With Danielle Ajoret, Michalis Boliakis, Xavier Brière, François Deblock,
Karyll Elgrichi, Claude Évrard, Jules Garreau, Jacques Hadjaje, Camille de
La Guillonnière, Blanche Leleu, Clara Mayer, Teddy Melis, Marie Perrin,
Marc Plas, Geoffroy Rondeau, Hugo Sablic, Damien Zanoly and a child
L’Arche is the publisher as well as the agent of the performed text.
PREMIERE: October 9th, 2013 at Théâtre National de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
TOUR: Season 2014-2015
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January 29 and 30 , 2015, Scène nationale of Albi
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February 4 and 5 , 2015, le Carreau, Scène nationale of Forbach
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February 11 to 13 , 2015, Théâtre d’Angoulême, Scène nationale
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February, 17 , 2015, Scène nationale Évreux Louviers
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March 4 and 5 , 2015, Domaine d’O, Montpellier
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March 10 and 11 , 2015, Scène nationale de Sète et du bassin de Thau
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March 17 and 18 , 2015, Les Treize Arches, subsidised theatre of Brive-la-Gaillarde
© Polo Garat – Odessa Production: Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis. Coproduction: Théâtre national de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Compagnie Air de
Lune, Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, La Criée - Théâtre national de Marseille, Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse, Théâtre Liberté – Toulon, Espace Jean Legendre – Théâtre
de Compiègne, Théâtre Firmin Gémier – La Piscine – Châtenay-Malabry, Scène nationale of Albi, l’Équinoxe – scène nationale de Châteauroux, le Cratère – Scène
nationale of Alès. With the support of the French Ministry of la Culture and Communication – DRAC Île-de-France, Conseil général de la Seine-Saint-Denis et Jeune
Théâtre National. In collaboration with Bureau formART.
In the remote Chinese province of Setzuan, the gods are travelling. They are looking for a good soul and manage to find one,
who accepts to give them shelter for the night: Shen Te, a prostitue. To thank her, they give her money. She then quits her
job and buys a small tobacco shop. That’s when other troubles start for her: escaping from misery also means confronting
it: not just physical, social misery, but also moral misery. The epic saga of the adventures of Shen Te is punctuated by
desperate calls to goodness and outbursts of anger, in the face of the mediocrity and passivity of human beings. The play
deals with humankind and its schizophrenia, mercantile love vs. passionate love.
PRESS REVIEW: Almost three hours of uninterrupted enchantment. (…) Though we’ve seen it last year (this is a reprise), the staging is as strong a
delight as it was then, we are caught up in it, we are unable to believe what we see. Though Brecht’s position on human rapacity, greed, the pretence
of social play, the gods’ silliness and the failure of kindness is a bitter one, the visual and musical exhuberance, the richness and the endless humor
take us away. Fun is everywhere! Le Canard enchainé The staging sweeps the audience off its feet into the whirlpool of a theatre that has as
much to do with theatre trestles as with a fairground. A political voice is heard but without overdoing it. The new translation carried out by Jean
Bellorini in collaboratiopn with Camille de La Guillonnière gives a striking sharpness and relevance to the text. La Croix
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: Duration: 3h15 (including a 20mn intermission) / ++26 people (16 actors, 2 musicians, 6 members of the technical staff, 1
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stage director, 1 production manager) / The set has to be transported by a tractor-trailer (100m ) / Stage management in the auditorium / Black box
/ Assembly on D-2
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: DATES UNKNOWN
Production Contact
Jean-Baptiste Pasquier / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint- Denis
[email protected] / Tel. +33(0)1 48 13 19 90 / +33(0)6 79 04 57 04
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JEAN BELLORINI
PAROLES GELÉES
[Frozen Words]
“COUGH ONE TIME, DRINK THREE GLASSES, SHAKE YOUR EARS HAPPILY, AND YOU WILL HEAR SOME MARVELS ABOUT
THE GOOD PANTAGRUEL”
Jean Bellorini
Based on the work of François Rabelais / Stage direction: Jean Bellorinii
/ Adaptation: Jean Bellorini, Camille de La Guillonnière
With Marc Bollengier, Patrick Delattre, François Deblock, Karyll Elgrichi,
Samuel Glaumé, Benjamin Guillard, Jacques Hadjaje, Gosha Kowalinska,
Camille de la Guillonnière, Blanche Leleu, Clara Mayer, Teddy Melis,
Geoffroy Rondeau, Hugo Sablic
PREMIERE: January 11th, 2012 at Théâtre National de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Coproduction Théâtre National de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Compagnie Air de Lune,
Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis, Arc en scène,
Théâtre Populaire Romand - la Chaux de Fonds. In partnership with CENTQUATRE-Paris Établissement artistique de la Ville de Paris and Bureau formART. With the support of
Conseil général de la Seine Saint-Denis.
© Polo Garat – Odessa The Fourth Book is an allegorical and satirical journey through a terrible and unknown world. The adventurous seafaring of
Pantagruel towards the oracle of Truth ends before they can reach the island of the Holy Bottle. It is indeed beneath the veil
of geographical fiction that Rabelais brings a universal significance to his satire. While pretending to study the customs of
the islands punctuating this sea voyage, his only goal is to describe the social and religious quirks and prejudices of his
time – being here flouted and ridiculed with vehement irony. Each stopover in one of these imaginary lands, each tale
becomes a metaphor and includes a lesson in morality. All the islands, all the monstrous inhabitants dwelling on them, all
the sea creatures and other natural phenomena are just as many obstacles on the path to Truth.
PRESS REVIEW: There is something playful and childlike in the way one creates beautiful theatre with simple means. Le Figaroscope Beautifully directed by
Jean Bellorini in an adaptation based on the Fourth Book, thirteen actors, dancers, looking to the stars yet with their feet in water, take us from the core of
Rabelaisian fancy to a profound reflexion on the place of man in the universe. Télérama On stage, there are thirteen of them; so good they would even make a rock
fall for Rabelais! Yes, theatre can be festive, Jean Bellorini proves it with great talent: a new, joyful star, in the sky of theatre. Le Monde.
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: Duration 2h15 / ++18 people (13 actors, 3 members of the technical staff, 1 stage director, 1 production manager) / The setting has to be
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transporter in a 50m truck / An indoor black box and a black proscenium curtain on a pipe operated with a perch and placed at roughly 1m from down-stage /
Assembly on D-2
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: DATES UNKNOWN
Production Contact
Jean-Baptiste Pasquier / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint- Denis
[email protected]/ Tel. +33(0)1 48 13 19 90 / +33(0)6 79 04 57 04
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Productions by associated artists
CHAT BORGNE THÉÂTRE / JEAN-YVES RUF
Associated artist
JACHÈRE
[Fallow]
“SOME MEN ARE SAID TO BE LOST. PERDITOS. THEY ARE LIKE ACID HOLES IN CUSTOMARY SOCIAL LIFE.”
Pascal Quignard
Stage direction: Jean-Yves Ruf / Sound: Jean-Damien Ratel / Composition: Didier Puntos /
Theatre designing: Laure Pichat / Lighting: Christian Dubet / Assistant and dramaturgy:
Thomas Pondevie / Video: Gaëtan Besnard / With Alexandre Soulié, Kaori Ito, Laurence
Mayor
With William Edimo, Isabel Gonzales Sola, Laurence Mayor, Juliette Savary, Alexandre
Soulié, Bertrand Usclat
PREMIERE : January 7th to 23rd, 2016 at Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
Production Chat Borgne Théâtre, Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis,
Coproduction MC2 Grenoble, Maison de la Culture in Bourges, Théâtre du Grütli (pending).
© Serge Bloch I am willing to reconnect with one of the company’s work trends, and more precisely the work method that lead
to the creation of the Chat Borgne Théâtre, i.e. stage composition, in which the text does not come first but builds throughout the rehearsals, as also does the
musical narrative. This is the lead of Savent-ils souffrir ? Chaux Vive, Erwan et les oiseaux or Silures. Jachère [Fallow]. To lie fallow, neglected. To be left on the
fringe. Jachère would be set in a public place, a pub. It could be the third part of the pub trilogy, following Chaux Vive and Silures. We would start with Chroniques
de l’oiseau à ressort [The Wind-UP Bird Chronicle] by Haruki Murakami, not as a work to be adapted, but as a basis, a common matrix.
PRESS REVIEW OF THE COMPANY’S PREVIOUS STAGE COMPOSITION: SAVENT-ILS SOUFFRIR ? Meticulously made, this portrayal of a
world coming loose is a true wonder. Télérama It is funny. Like the stroke of a caricaturist, the invention of a “Crazy Professor, a “cadavre
exquis”proposed as theatre. Concerned with proposing real theatrical form as well as judging it from within. Rouge CHAUX VIVE The speechless
theatre of the Chat borgne outlines a fragmented world, both sad and cheerful, nourished by reading impressions, memories and events, all varying
in a more or less visible way. Libération
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: ++12 people (6 actors, 4 members of the technical staff, 1 stage director, 1 production manager) / Assembly on D-1
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
Production Contacts
Jean-Baptiste Pasquier / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
[email protected] / Tel. +33(0)1 48 13 19 90 / +33(0)6 79 04 57 04
Emmanuelle Ossena / EPOC Productions
[email protected] / +33(0)6 03 47 45 51
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CHAT BORGNE THÉÂTRE / JEAN-YVES RUF
Associate artist
LES TROIS SŒURS
[Three sisters]
ON TOUR
“TO LEAVE SUCH QUIET HAUNTS AS THESE
FOR WORLDLY SHOWS AND VANITIES
FAREWELL TO YOU, MY FREEDOM, TOO !
AND WHY ? WHAT AM I STRIVING FOR ?
WHAT DOES MY FUTUR HOLD IN STORE ?
Alexander Pushkin, Eugène Onéguine (translated by Babette Deutsch)
Text: Anton Chekhov / Stage direction: Jean-Yves Ruf / Assistant: Anaïs de
Courson / Translation into French: François Morvan and André Markowicz /
Theatre designing: Pichat / Costumes: Claudia Jenatsch / Lighting: Christian
Dubet / Sound: Jean-Damien Ratel
With Géraldine Dupla, Lola Felouzis, Victoire du Bois, Sarah Pasquier, Lise
Visinand, Pierre Yvon, Christophe Brault, Antonio Troilo, Francis Freyburger,
Pierre-Yves Poudou, André Pomarat, Thomas Mardel, Gaël Chaillat, Pascal
D’Amato
PREMIERE: March 10th, 2015, at Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg – scène européenne
TOUR: 2015 - 2016
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November 5 , 2015, le Carreau, scène nationale de Forbach
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December 3 and 4 , 2015, Le Théâtre, scène nationale de St Nazaire
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December 8 , 2015, Théâtre Benno Besson, Yverdon (Suisse)
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December 15 and 16 , 2015, la Passerelle, scène nationale de St Brieuc
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March 9 , 2016, Scène nationale 61, Flers
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Marche 15 to 19 , 2016, Théâtre Dijon - centre dramatique national de Bourgogne
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April 19 to 21 , 2016, Théâtre de Caen
© Alexandre Schlub Coproduction –Chat Borgne Théâtre, a company subsidised by DRAC Alsace / Le Maillon Strasbourg / Le TGP-CDN de Saint-Denis / La Maison de la Culture de
Bourges / L’Espace des Arts-scène nationale de Chalon-sur-Saône / L’ESPAL – théâtre du Mans
Three sisters, Olga, Irina, Macha… The Three Graces, the three Parcae… Chekhov did not innocently choose to write for a
women’s trio. Even when he added a fourth figure to the trio, Andreï, the brother, which made the symbol slightly
equivoque, however, it remains true that three sisters make an impression. Jean-Yves Ruf was immediately fascinated by
this unusual, profound, mysterious play. It has always intrigued him, because of its clandestine character, this feeling of
insidious disintegration which wins souls over… It is of course rooted in Russia’s history: bankrupt aristocrats, clinging to
outdated values, candidly philosophing with optimism in a country on the brink of disaster. But Chekhov also provides for
more timeless interpretations. These three sisters bring all the energy of their youth to fight for a life that could fulfill their
hopes and keep their utopia alive. This is a precise and deep description of the passage from childhood’s carelessness to
the growing awareness that life is moving on too quickly, where the possibilities inevitably come closer, where the acute
question of meaning is raised.
“If we only knew” is the last sentence of the play.
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: Duration 2h45 intermission included / ++20 people (14 actors, 1 stage director, 4 members of the technical staff, 1 production
manager) / Assembly on D-1
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
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THÉÂTRE MAJÂZ / LAUREN HOUDA HUSSEIN and IDO SHAKED
EICHMANN À JÉRUSALEM,
OU LES HOMMES NORMAUX NE SAVENT PAS QUE
TOUT EST POSSIBLE
[Eichmann in Jerusalem, or normal people don’t
know that everything is possible]
NEW PRODUCTION 2016
“CLEARLY THIS COURTROOM IS NOT A BAD PLACE FOR THE
THEATRICAL TRIAL DAVID BEN-GOURION, PRIME MINISTER OF
ISRAEL HAD IN MIND WHEN HE DECIDED TO HAVE EICHMANN
KIDNAPPED IN ARGENTINA AND BROUGHT TO THE DISTRICT COURT
OF JERUSALEM TO STAND TRIAL.”
Hanna Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem
Based on the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jérusalem in 1961 / Text: Lauren
© Serge Bloch Houda Hussein, Ido Shaked / Stage direction: Ido Shaked / Dramaturgy: Yaël
Perlman / Lighting design: Victor Arancio / Sound design: Thibault
Champagne / Costumes, dressing: Sophie Visentin
With Lauren Houda Hussein, Sheila Maeda, Mexianou Medenou, Caroline Panzera, Raouf Rais, Arthur Viadieu, Charles Zevaco.
PREMIERE : March 9th to April 1st, 2016 at Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis.
Production Théâtre Majâz, Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis. With the support of ARCADI.
What is the impact of a name like Eichmann on our collective psyche? How do we understand the figure of Evil and what are
the fantasies associated with it?
Seated inside his glass cage during his trial, he listens carefully to the proceedings. This man, being tried in front of the
whole world, is the ultimate monster. Yet, we are bothered by his normality, his triviality, a second-rate mediocre official,
eager for recognition. Eichmann reveals the part of us we are most afraid of. This ability to obey and submit still allows
massacres and occupations, institutionalised apartheids and ordinary discrimination to take place.
The monster eventually turns out to be less disturbing than this common man, this man any of us could have been.
Eichmann à Jérusalem is an attempt at studying, through theatre and dramatic research, the creation process of a
collective memory, the manipulation and exploitation of people’s feelings, as well as questioning the limits of our liability.
This show mixes fiction and reality, in a space permitting the juxtaposition of various places, times, and acting styles,
halfway between disembodiment and perfect re-enactment.
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: ++11 people (7 actors, 2 members of the technical staf, 1 stage director, 1 production manager) / Assembly on D-1
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
Production Contact
Gwénola Bastide / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
[email protected] / Tél. +33(0)1 48 13 70 17 / +33(0)6 73 09 45 36
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THÉÂTRE MAJÂZ / LAUREN HOUDA HUSSEIN and IDO SHAKED
ON TOUR
LES OPTIMISTES
[The Optimists]
“NOW I KNOW TO WHICH PEOPLE I BELONG, I BELONG TO THE REFUGEE PEOPLE”
Lauren Houda Hussein
Text: Lauren Houda Hussein, Ido Shaked / Stage direction: Ido
Shaked / Theatre design: David Buizard / Costumes: Sophie
Visentin / Lighting: Victor Arancio / With Henry Andrawes,
Matthieu Coblentz, Ghassan El Hakim, Hamideh Ghadirzadeh,
Lauren Houda Hussein, Sheila Maeda, Bashar Murkus,
Christine Paquier
PREMIERE: November 8th, 2012 at Théâtre du Soleil
TOUR: Season 2015/2016
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Saint-Denis
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October 13 and 14 , 2015, Théâtre Firmin Gémier / La Piscine –théâtre
conventionné de Chatenay-Malabry
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October 16 and 17 , 2015, Théâtre Jean Arp, Clamart
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November 17 and 18 , 2015 Les Treize Arches, Brive-la-Gaillarde
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November 24 , 2015 Théâtre du Vésinet
© David Buizard Production Théâtre Majâz. With the support of Mairie de Paris, ARCADI, and Adami. Reprise production: Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de
Saint-Denis.
“We are not a language, a religion or a colour. We are a people of letters, photos, and films. We carry our homes on our back."
Putting together pictures, films and archive documents, the members of Théâtre Majâz invent a story that mingles fiction and
truth, past and present Arab, Hebrew and French. This hopeful tale peppered with humour is also a reflection upon collective
memory by young artists who inherited, from their origins, very complex questions. This show qualifies and humanizes a conflict
loaded with misconceptions and brings a dream to life : one of resistance whose only weapon is benevolence.
PRESS REVIEW: Thanks to Les Optimistes, the Théâtre Majâz offers us a beautiful humanist story that keeps us hanging on every word, and leaves
us deeply moved. The delicate stage direction is outstanding. A dreamt Middle East on stage, and a true moment of theatre for all. Les Trois
Coups Through humour, poetry, intelligence, and without succumbing to the appeal of melodrama, Ido Shaked conjures one of the most difficult
times of our history. We grow attached to the characters, we understand their wounds, we sigh with them. In the style of Wajdi Mouawad, but
without the tragic taste. A great moment of theatre just the way we like it. Time Out Paris
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: Duration 2h10 without intermission / ++11 people (7 artists, 3 stage managers including the stage director, 1 production
manager) / Minimum dimensions of the stage: 12-m wall-to-wall opening, depth: 10m minimum height: 5m (please contact us if your dimensions are
smaller) / Assembly on D-1
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
Production Contact
Gwénola Bastide / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
[email protected] / Tel. +33(0)1 48 13 70 17 / +33(0)6 73 09 45 36
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TUTTI TROPPO / ALAIN GAUTRÉ
IMPASSE DES ANGES
[Angels dead end]
NEW PRODUCTION 2016
“A CAROUSEL WHERE AT EACH SEQUENCE, THE HEART STRUGGLES WITH SEX, WHERE THE ANXIETY AND PRESSURE TO
COME IS INTERRUPTED BY A COLD REVELATION.”
Alain Gautré
PREMIERE: March 19th, 2010 at Théâtre de la Tempête
ON TOUR: January 7th to 23rd, 2016 at Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique
national de Saint-Denis
Text and stage direction: Alain Gautré / Theatre designing: Alain Gautré
and Orazio Trotta / Artistic collaboration: Jérémie Bédrune / Lighting:
Orazio Trotta / Costumes: Catherine Oliveira / Make-up: Céline Fayret /
Sound design: Sébastien Trouvé
With Jérémie Bédrune, Julien Cigana, Karyll Elgrichi, Florent Fichot,
Blanche Leleu, Teddy Mélis, Aurélie Messié.
Executive production of the new creation : Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique
national de Saint-Denis. Coproduction: Compagnie Tutti Troppo. Co-direction on creation:
Théâtre de la Tempête. With the support of Drac Ile-de-France, French Ministry of Culture
and Communication, Beaumarchais SACD, and the artistique participation of Jeune
Théâtre National.
© Serge Bloch Each scene shows couples forming and separating, for a night, for a life: they make love, before and after; it is a circle, a
naughty circus and the audience laughs at this walk of humanity fighting for a pinch of pleasure in circumstances where
error, ridicule and pathos compete. Impasse des anges is meant to be an amplified reflection on modernity on the verge of
disaster, which among so many other possible answers seek confirmation through sex. Confirmation of the other. A mirror
reflection as a confirmation of the presence of oneself and the other.
PRESS REVIEW: Rather than austerity or modesty, this play shows intelligence when exposing such a theme. By treating sex through words,
Alain Gautré and his actors make a potentially stodgy subject delightful and desirable, because they do not limit themselves to being just shockingly
naughty. It is funny, lively, and moving. And there is enough room for the audience to gladly and knowingly slip into this vibrant sea of sexual waves.
Les Trois Coups The lines are blunt, very explicit, but thanks to the text, the staging, (both by Alain Gautré)and the actors interpretation, the
play comes out right, is never exhibitionist or vulgar, but filled with inventive proposals and humour. La Voix du Luxembourg
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: Duration 1h30 / ++11 people (7 artists, 2 members of the technical staff, 1 stage director, 1 production manager) /
Assembly on D-1.
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
Production Contact
Jean-Baptiste Pasquier / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint- Denis
[email protected]/ Tel. +33(0)1 48 13 19 90 / +33(0)6 79 04 57 04
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LE BIRGIT ENSEMBLE / JULIE BERTIN and JADE HERBULOT
ON TOUR
BERLINER MAUER : VESTIGES
“MEMORY IS A STRUGGLE, NOT SOMETHING TO BE CONTEMPLATED"
Heiner Müller
Based on texts by Heiner Müller, Frederick Taylor, Ian
Kershaw, Peter Handke, Wim Wenders, Richard Reitinger,
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, John Fitzgerald
Kennedy, William H. Gass…/ Stage direction: Julie Bertin
and Jade Herbulot / Stage designing: Camille Duchemin /
Costumes: Camille Aït Allouache
With Julie Bertin, Lou Chauvain, Pauline Clément, Rachel
Colombe, Émilien Diard-Detœuf, Pierre Duprat, Anna
Fournier, Kevin Garnichat, Jade Herbulot, Lazare HersonMacarel or Loïc Riewer, Timothée Lepeltier, Élise Lhomeau,
Antoine Louvard, Morgane Nairaud or Eleonor Arnaud,
Marie Sambourg, Anaïs Thomas.
© Pierre Dolzani st
PREMIERE: January 31 , 2015 at Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis.
TOUR: Season 2015-2016
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April 27 and 28 , 2016, Transversales, Verdun
Production Le Birgit Ensemble Associate production Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis. With the support of Conservatoire national
supérieur d’Art dramatique, of ARCADI, of Centre National du Théâtre and with the participation artistique of Jeune Théâtre National.
Staging the story of the Berlin Wall is a way to question this legacy from an artistic point of view. Born between 1986 and
1990, during its fall, these young adults have grown up in a new world: American supremacy, absolute decline of
communism in Europe, primacy of the individual, global political and economic challenges. To express the fears and hopes
of their times, the actors of the Birgit Ensemble seek to reveal the traces left from November 9th, 1989: traces that define
them and over which they have no control. What exactly did they inherit on that day?
“Without an alternative, left and right are meaningless terms. They are like two hot-dog stands: one has a bit more ketchup
while the other has a bit more mustard. It all really boils down to two different ways of foisting the same sausages to
people.” Heiner Müller
PRESS REVIEW: It is a rare pleasure to discover young artists when everything seems to fall straightaway into place: the strength and beauty of
the words, the quality of the acting joined with an inventive and elaborate setting that fit perfectly, the writing of the show, the energy it releases
and the impression it leaves in our memories, repeatedly rekindled, making us dream and think. This is precisely what we feel when watching
Berliner Mauer: Vestiges. Les Inrocks Their energy is so engaging and beautiful, their talent so cheerful, that we can’t wait to see what the Birgit
Ensemble will become. Le Monde. What matters is presented here : life. Bodies moving, thoughts acting, questions looking for answers, a theatre
inventing itself without reproducing existing models, yet without ignoring history. Rue 89
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: Duration: 2h15 with an intermission / ++23 people (16 artists including 2 stage directors, 6 members of the technical staff,
1 production manager) / Traverse stage / Theatre lobby used during intermission for acting / Assembly on D-2 (except traverse stage).
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
Production Contacts
Gwénola Bastide / Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
[email protected] / Tél. +33(0)1 48 13 70 17 / +33(0)6 73 09 45 36
Juliette Medelli /
[email protected] / +33 (0)6 18 13 02 74
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COLLECTIF IN VITRO / JULIE DELIQUET
Associated artist
CATHERINE ET CHRISTIAN (FIN DE PARTIE)
[Catherine and Christian – Endgame]
NEW PRODUCTION 2016 – ON TOUR
“A MODERN MYTH, A COLLECTIVE OEDIPUS, HOPEFULLY CATHARTIC, FUNNY AND UNIVERSAL ALL AT ONCE”
The In Vitro collective
Creation: collective Collectif In vitro / Stage direction: Julie Deliquet / Assistant stage direction: Julie Jacovela / Theatre designing:
Julie Deliquet / Lighting: Laura Sueur and Jean-Pierre Michel
With Julie André, Gwendal Anglade, Anne Barbot, Éric Charon, Olivier Faliez,
Pascale Fournier, Julie Jacovella, Jean-Christophe Laurier, Agnès Ramy, Richard
Sandra, David Seigneur
PREMIERE: September 24th to October 16th, 2015 at Théâtre Gérard Philipe – Centre dramatique
national de Saint-Denis
TOUR: Season 2015/2016
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November 3 to 7 , 2015, Théâtre Romain Rolland, Villejuif
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November 21 and 22 , 2015, La Ferme du Buisson - Scène nationale de Marne la Vallée, within the
Festival les Enfants du désordre
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December 2 , 3 , and 4 , 2015, Comédie de Saint-Étienne - Centre dramatique national
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December 8 and 9 , 2015, Comédie de Valence – Centre Dramatique National de Drôme Ardèche
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January 8 , 2016, Le Rayon Vert – Subsidised theatre of Saint-Valery-en Caux
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January 17 , 2016, Théâtre des Bergeries, Noisy le Sec
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January 30 , 2016, Théâtre du Fil de L’eau, Pantin
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February 2 , 2016, Théâtre Roger Barat, Herblay
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February 5 and 6 , 2016, Théâtre Gérard Philipe de Champigny-sur-Marne
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February 16 , 2016, La Piscine Firmin Gémier, Chatenay-Malabry
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March 12 , 2016, Centre culturel des Portes de l’Essonne, Athis-Mons
© Serge Bloch © Serge Bloch Production Collectif In Vitro Coproduction Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de
Saint-Denis, Festival d'Automne à Paris, Ferme du Buisson-Scène nationale de Marne la Vallée, Théâtre Romain Rolland de Villejuif, Groupe des 20 théâtres en Îlede-France. With the support of the DRAC Île-de-France.
Children and friends meet in the countryside for a funeral. When they are all reunited, it is as if they came back to life, they
intersect and the sound of conversations takes a more normal course. For instance, eating becomes the most obvious
thing. But is this really an "obvious" moment? Burying the 1968 generation events is not easy! They hate ceremonies, all
etiquette, traditional family reunions, the idea of aging, even the idea of dying and above all that of disappearing… How will
their children cope on the day of their funeral? How to say goodbye without submitting to the usual language on a day of
mourning? Is all to be reinvented? Could this be a party? An ordinary meal? An exceptional burial without convention or
limit? Short-lived reunions, mourning people pay homage to the deceased at noon, and then already forget them by
midnight… Then, in such a moment, everything seems possible again…
PRESS REVIEW OF FORMER STAGE DIRECTIONS: Everything comes down to jubilation and about being present and alert. The Iin Vitro
collective summarizes this way of being (on stage) as immediacy. Rue 89
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: ++ 16 people (12 actors, 1 stage director, 2 members of the technical staff, 1 production manager) / Assembly on D-1
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
Production Contacts
Cécile Jeanson / FormART
[email protected] / +33 (0)9 70 46 78 18
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Coproductions
THÉÂTRE DE L’INCRÉDULE / BENJAMIN LAZAR and LOUISE MOATY
LE DIBBOUK OU ENTRE DEUX MONDES
[The Dybbuk or Between Two Worlds]
NEW PRODUCTION 2015 – ON TOUR
“THEATRE AS A PLACE FOR INVOCATION”
Benjamin Lazar
Text Shlomo An-Sky / Stage direction: Benjamin Lazar / Artistic collaboration: Louise Moaty /
Music: Aurélien Dumont / Musical direction: Geoffroy Jourdain / Theatre designing: Adeline
Caron / Choreographer: Gudrun Skamletz / Costumes: Alain Blanchot / Make-up: Mathilde
Benmoussa
With Paul-Alexandre Dubois, Simon Gauchet, Eric Houzelot, Malo de La Tullaye, Benjamin Lazar,
Anne-Guersande Ledoux, Louise Moaty, Thibault Mullot, Léna Rondé, Alexandra Rubner, Nicolas
Vial, Pierre Vial / Musiciens Nahom Kuya, Patrick Wibart, Martin Bauer.
PREMIERE: June 2015 at the Printemps des Comédiens
TOUR: Season 2015-2016
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June 10 to 12 , 2015, Printemps des Comédiens
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September 25 to October 17th, Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis
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November 12 and 13 , 2015, Théâtre du Beauvaisis, Beauvais
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November 23 to 27 , 2015, Maison de la Culture, Amiens
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December 1st and 2 , 2015, Centre dramatique national de Haute-Normandie, Rouen
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December 5 and 6 , 2015, Théâtre de Suresnes Jean Vilar
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December 10 , 2015, Espace Jean Legendre, Théâtre de Compiègne
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February 9 to 13 , 2016, MC2, Grenoble
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February 16 and 17 , 2016, Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
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February 24 to 26th, 2016, La Criée, Marseille
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March 1 to 6 , 2016, Théâtre National Populaire, Villeurbanne
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March 9 , 2016, Théâtre de Cornouaille, Scène nationale de Quimper
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March 15 and 16 , 2016, Théâtre municipal de Caen
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May 24 to 28 , 2016, Théâtre du Nord, Lille
© Serge Bloch Production: Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Centre de Création et de production, Théâtre de l’incrédule. Coproduction Le Printemps des comédiens (Montpellier),
MC2 Grenoble, Théâtre de Caen, Théâtre Gérard Philipe-Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis, Grand Théâtre du Luxembourg, Le Moulin du Roc-Scène
Nationale de Niort, Fondation Royaumont, Théâtre du Beauvaisis
The story of the Dibbuk adds a fantastic dimension to the fulgurance of a tragic love destiny, such as Roméo and Juliette or
Pyramus and Thisbe. This is one of the strong points of An-Sky’s writing: he was able to give this love story the mystical
power of the Song of Songs. This dramatic legend fostered an essential page in the history of the 20th century theatre, from
both aesthetic and political points of view. The story of the Dybbuk balances itself, between the historical and cultural
portrayal of a particular environment, and the expression of feelings and ideas of universal scope. Putting on this play
today means first to appreciate fully the major event it represented in Europe when it was created. It also means to
understand the path of thinking of the various artists who worked on it and to update its musical dimension.
PRESS REVIEW : Benjamin Lazar and the Théâtre de l’incrédule present here an adaptation of the Dibbuk served by a dazzling
theatrical and dramaturgic intelligence. An incredible show that confirms the outsdanding talent of the creators and actors. La
Terrasse
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: Duration 2h30 / ++ 20 people (15 actors, 4 members of the technical staff, 1 production manager / Assembly on D-1
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
Production Contact
Aude Clément / Maison de la Culture d'Amiens
[email protected] / +33 (0)2 97 79 82 / +33 (0)6 82 07 99 14
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MACHA MAKEÏEFF
TRISSOTIN OU LES FEMMES SAVANTES
[Trissotin or the Learned Ladies]
NEW PRODUCTION 2015 - ON TOUR
“AND I WILL AVENGE OUR ENTIRE SEX FOR THE UNWORTHY PLACE WHICH MEN ASSIGN US”
Molière
Text by Molière / Stage direction, setting and costumes: Macha
Makeïeff / Assitant stage directors: Camille de la Guillonnière, Gaëlle
Hermant / Lighting designing: Jean Bellorini assisted by Olivier
Tisseyre / Sound designing: Xavier Jacquot / Assistant theatre
designing: Margot Clavières / Assistant costume designer: Claudine
Crauland / Hairstyling and make-up: Cécile Kretschmar / Artwork:
Guillaume Cassar
With Arthur Deschamps, Vanessa fonte, Camille de La Guillonnière,
Robert Horn, Atmen Kelif, Valérie Keruzoré, Louis-Do de
Lencquesaing, Ivan Ludlow, Thomas Morris, Luce Mouchel, Goeffroy
Rondeau, Vincent Winterhalter, Maud Wyler.
PREMIERE: June 2015 at Festival des Nuits de Fourvière / Théâtre de La Criée in
November 2015
TOUR: 2015/2016
June 12th to 16th, 2015 Festival des Nuits de Fourvière
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September 29 to October 2 , 2015 CDN Orléans / Loiret / Centre
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November 11 to 29 , 2015 at Théâtre Gérard Philipe, Centre Dramatique National
de Saint-Denis
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October 6 and 7 , 2015 La Maison de la Culture d’Amiens (MCA)
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October 10 , 2015 Théâtre Louis Aragon, Tremblay-en-France
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October 15 to 18 , 2015 Théâtre National de Nice
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November 3tt to 6 , 2015 La Comédie de Reims CDN 3
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December 2 to 5 , 2015 MAC Scène Nationale de Créteil
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December 8 to 11 , 2015 NTA Nouveau Théâtre d’Angers
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December 16 to 20 , 2015 and January 5th to 17 , 2016 La Criée Théâtre national de Marseille
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January 20 to 29 , 2016 Centre Dramatique Régional de Tours
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February 3 to 5 , 2016 Le Théâtre Scène Nationale de Saint-Nazaire
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February 8 and 9 , 2016 Le Parvis - Scène Nationale Tarbes Pyrénées
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February 12 and 13 , 2016 Le Domaine d’O, Montpellier
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February 23 and 24 , 2016 Le Manège, Maubeuge
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Marche 2 to 4 , 2016 Théâtre Liberté, Toulon
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March 8 and 9 , 2016 Théâtre de l’Archipel Scène nationale Perpignan
© Serge Bloch Production: Théâtre national de Marseille La Criée. Coproduction: Festival des Nuits de Fourvière and Théâtre Gérard Philipe, Centre Dramatique National de SaintDenis
A great comedy of manners on the corruption of wit, a satire of extreme preciousness, the exposure of pedantry, Trissotin
ou les Femmes savantes is the title given to the 1672 play by Molière as soon as the show was performed again. It exposes
the importance of the role of the smarmy and hypocritical poet. Besides the latent and explicit misogyny presented by
Molière, Macha Makeïeff questions the male terror faced with unlimited feminin desire : desire for knowledge, for science,
for imagination and dreams, and questions above all the male turmoil resulting from it. In this house the excessive women,
erotic craziness of one, mystical dementia of another, a crazed and influent mother, the passionate rebellion of the
youngest, all invade and threaten the domestic order. The women are lost in different dead ends, facing the confused
husbands, the brothers, these insecure seducers, scheming, scrounging and manipulating. In this crazed and delirious
household, only scheming , lying, and manipulation, along with laughter, music and some tricks – that’s to say, the theatre
and its force- will bring to light and overcome the crazy storm of these follies.
TOUR REQUIREMENTS: Duration 2h15 / ++ 19 people (13 actors, 1 stage director, 4 members of the staff, 1 production manager) / Assembly on D-1
AVAILABLE ON TOUR: SEASON 2015-2016 AND UPCOMING
Anne Kuntz / La Criée Théâtre national de Marseille
[email protected] / +33 (0)4 96 17 80 04 / +33(0)6 72 27 74 24
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