In Bertolt Brecht’s Baal, poetry and irreverence go hand in hand. And from love beds to cabarets, the “lyrical poet”, “asocial in an asocial society”, leads a life of debauchery and manhandles the bourgeoisie. This is a violent attack on “a world that finds a creative activity interesting according not to its artistic value, but to whether it can be exploited.” A new translation restores what made the play so scandalous when it was first published.
Baal
by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Eloi Recoing
New production
Directed by Sylvain Creuzevault
Space design: Julia Kravstova
Music: David Georgelin
Masks and figures: Loïc Nébréda
Performed by Raphaèle Bouchard, Éric Charon, Pierre Deverines, Servane Ducorps, Louis Garrel, Michèle Goddet, Lionel Gonzàlez, Arthur Igual, Lise Maussion, Damien Mongin, Amandine Pudlo, Olivier Rabourdin, Louis Garrel, Arthur Iguaz and Damien Mongin, Julien Tiphaine (cast TBA)
Co-produced by Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe and Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of ADAMI
October 5 to October 28
