“We must reinvent the world in order to survive.” This is the operative maxim for a fable on the origins of mankind, a saga that begins in the present day and ends some time around 2076, with dozens of burlesque characters partying away merrily. This poetic, dazzling theater-in-the-making is definitely the perfect gateway to a new beginning, for it focuses on a human core, and not on vacant thoughts or esthetics.
Les Histrions (détail)
by Marion Aubert
Directed by Richard Mitou
Space design: Pierre Heydorff
Costume design: Jane Joyet
Lighting design: Maurice Fouilhé, Cathy Gracia
Sound managers: Antonin Clair, Benjamin Furbacco
Assistant to the director: Amélie Nouraud
Production coordinator: Sylvine Dupré
Super 8 films: Ronan Rioualen
With Marion Aubert, Cécile Auxire-Marmouget, Philippe Baron, Frédéric Borie, Elodie Buisson, Hervé Dartiguelongue, Capucine Ducastelle, Frédérique Dufour, Marion Guerrero, Laurent Joly, Sébastien Lagord, Marc Pastor, Nicolas Pichot, Sophie Rodrigues, Flore Taguiev, Mathieu Zabé
Musicians: Gérald Chevillon (saxophone and tuba),
Benoît Convert (guitar), Antoine Girard (piano and accordion), Thibaud Soulas (double bass and trumpet)
Produced by Compagnie Tire pas la Nappe
Co-produced by Théâtre des Treize Vents / Centre dramatique national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, Théâtre de La Manufacture / Centre dramatique national de Nancy and Ecole Supérieure d’Art Dramatique-Conservatoire National de Région de Montpellier Agglomération
Co-presented by Théâtre National de la Colline and Festival d’Automne à Paris
With “Aide à la création” granted by DMDTS - Ministère de la culture et de la communication, SPEDIDAM, Région Languedoc-Roussillon and Ville de Montpellier
The Compagnie Tire pas la Nappe is subsidized by DRAC Languedoc-Roussillon and Conseil Général de l’Hérault
With the support of La Chartreuse de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and Scène nationale de Chambéry
With the support of ADAMI
September 19 to October 28
