Joël Pommerat
Marius
novembernov 14 – 16
novembernov 19 – 20
novembernov 29 - december – dec 29
decemberdec 12 – 14
decemberdec 18 – 19
© Agathe Pommerat ©
© Agathe Pommerat ©
© Agathe Pommerat ©
Thursday november 14
20h
Friday november 15
20h
Saturday november 16
20h
Tuesday november 19
19h
Wednesday november 20
20h
Friday november 29
20h
Saturday november 30
19h
Sunday december 1
16h
Tuesday december 3
20h
Wednesday december 4
20h
Thursday december 5
20h
Friday december 6
20h
Saturday december 7
18h
Sunday december 8
16h
Thursday december 12
20h30
Friday december 13
20h30
Saturday december 14
18h
Wednesday december 18
20h30
Thursday december 19
20h30
A theatrical creation by Joël Pommerat, freely inspired by the play by Marcel Pagnol, in collaboration with Caroline Guiela Nguyen, Jean Ruimi. With Damien Baudry, Élise Douyère, Michel Galera, Ange Melenyk, Redwane Rajel, Jean Ruimi, Bernard Traversa, Ludovic Velon Scenography and lighting design Éric Soyer. Assistant director Lucia Trotta. Assistant director Guillaume Lambert. Technical direction Emmanuel Abate. Technical management associate Thaïs Morel. Costumes Isabelle Deffin. Sound design Philippe Perrin, François Leymarie. Assistant support David Charier. Sound management Philippe Perrin, Fany Schweitzer. Lighting management Jean-Pierre Michel. Stage management Ludovic Velon. Set construction Thomas Ramon – Artom. Props Frédérique Bertrand. Accompanied by Jérôme Guimon from the association Ensuite.
Production Louis Brouillard Company
Coproduction la MC93 – Maison de la culture de Seine-Saint-Denis ; La Coursive – Scène nationale de La Rochelle ; Théâtre Brétigny, scène conventionnée d’intérêt national ; Points communs – Nouvelle scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise et du Val d’Oise ; Printemps des Comédiens ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, the association Ensuite, and the Scène nationale de l’Essonne
This show would never have seen the light of day without the logistical, financial and moral support of its invaluable partners, who made the public performances possible in 2017 at the Arles prison despite all the difficulties involved : the Arles central prison ; Les Hommes Approximatifs company ; Théâtre d’Arles, scène conventionnée d’intérêt national – art et création – nouvelles écritures ; La Garance – Scène nationale de Cavaillon ; Jean-Michel Grémillet ; SPIP 13 ; PACA Interregional prison services department ; Management and staff of the Arles central prison ; Équinoxe – Scène nationale de Châteauroux ; Printemps des Comédiens ; MC93 – Maison de la culture de Seine-Saint-Denis ; CNDC de Châteauvallon – Scène nationale ; La Coursive – Scène nationale de La Rochelle ; Théâtre Olympia – Centre dramatique national de Tours ; Le Merlan – Scène nationale de Marseille ; La Criée, Théâtre national de Marseille ; Le Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin; Fondation E.C.Art Pomaret; Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
The MC93 – Maison de la culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, Points communs – Nouvelle scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise et du Val d’Oise and the Festival d’Automne à Paris are co-producers of this show and present it as a co-realisation.
Meet the artists
Friday 15 November, after the performance at Points communs - Théâtre des Louvrais.
Tuesday 19 November, after the performance at the Scène nationale de l'Essonne – Théâtre de l’Agora.
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Inspired by the work of Marcel Pagnol, this show explores the theme of escape. Some of the actors had their first experience of theatre at the Maison centrale d'Arles prison. Marius provides audiences with a unique opportunity to discover a little-known but crucial dimension of Joël Pommerat's art.
Set in Marseille, Marius works in his father's bakery, where his dreams of traveling face him with a dilemma: either he could spread his wings or stay in the company of loved ones. In order to rewrite and stage this text by Pagnol, the initial version of which was presented within the confines of a prison, Joël Pommerat turned to the imaginations of the performers themselves in order to elaborate a contemporary interpretation of the piece. The show confronts us, as all good tales do, with essential questions: how can we succeed in life? Is love possible? Is it reasonable to give in to the desire to escape? “Adapt, rewrite and remain truthful". In this, his first invitation on behalf of the Festival d'Automne, Joël Pommerat's adaptation strays far from the original, and brings us a hard-hitting, intense, at times brutal version of the work. The result is, first and foremost, strikingly truthful.
In the same place
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Jeanne Balibar Les Historiennes
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Nacera Belaza La Nuée
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Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll) This is not an embassy (Made in Taiwan)
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Rosana Cade, Ivor MacAskill The Making of Pinocchio
Drawing upon Collodi's tale, the Cade-MacAskill duo uses theatre to investigate the little- explored realms of queer love and affection. In doing so, they tell the story of gender transition and its repercussions on the couple. The piece itself, The Making of Pinocchio, becomes a burlesque-inspired manifesto for different forms currently under construction.
Nacera Belaza Sur le fil
Sur le fil is an attempt to escape from oneself, via an infinite acceptation and a going beyond of the frontiers of the body. The choreographer Nacera Belaza preceeds her emblematic piece with a reduction, for children from the Bobigny neighbourhood and Paris. From adult to child, professional to amateur, what do we see in this gesture?