Philippe Quesne / Vivarium Studio
Swamp Club
© Swamp Club © Martin Argyroglo
© Swamp Club © Martin Argyroglo
© Swamp Club © Martin Argyroglo
Swamp Club
Conception and Direction, Philippe Quesne
With Isabelle Angotti, Snæbjörn Brynjarsson, Ola Maciejewska, Émilien Tessier, Gaëtan Vourc’h and a string quartet
Artistic Collaborations, Yvan Clédat, Cyril Gomez-Mathieu, Corine Petitpierre
Assistant Direction, Marie Urban
Production Vivarium Studio // Coproduction Wiener Festwochen ; Foreign Affairs - Berliner Festspiele ; Festival d’Avignon ; La Ménagerie de Verre (Paris) ; Kaaitheater (Bruxelles) ; La Filature, Scène nationale de Mulhouse ; Internationales Sommerfestival – Hambourg ; Festival Theaterformen Hanovre / Braunschweig ; La Bâtie – Festival de Genève ; Théâtre de Gennevilliers, centre dramatique national de création contemporaine ; Le Forum / scène conventionnée de Blanc-Mesnil (France) ; Festival d’Automne à
Paris // Coréalisation Théâtre de Gennevilliers, centre dramatique national de création contemporaine ; Festival d’Automne à Paris //
With the support of Centre chorégraphique national de Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon (France) and EMPAC – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,and the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and the Performing Arts (États-Unis) // The company is subsidized by DRAC Île-de-France, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, and by Conseil Régional Île-de-France au titre de la Permanence artistique et culturelle. Philippe Quesne is an associated artist at Théâtre de Gennevilliers starting 2012-2013.
With the support of Adami // Premiered the 4 of June 2013 at Wiener Festwochen
Partnership with France Culture
After a career as a set designer, Philippe Quesne founded Vivarium Studio in 2003. Their plays have often showcased ordinary heroes whose artistic ambitions are met with failure.
Gathering their closest collaborators to celebrate their 10th anniversary, Swamp Club tells the story of an artistic venue threatened by an urban development project.
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