Émilie Rousset
Affaires Familiales
septembersept 19 - october – oct 19
© Martin Argyroglo ©
Friday september 19
19h30
Saturday september 20
17h
Monday september 22
19h30
Tuesday september 23
19h30
Thursday september 25
19h30
Friday september 26
19h30
Saturday september 27
17h
Monday september 29
19h30
Tuesday september 30
19h30
Wednesday october 1
19h30
Thursday october 2
19h30
Friday october 3
19h30
Conception, writing, directing Émilie Rousset. With Saadia Bentaïeb, Antonia Buresi, Teresa Coutinho, Ruggero Franceschini, Emmanuelle Lafon, Núria Lloansi, Manuel Vallade. Scenographic design Nadia Lauro. Music Carla Pallone. Writing Sarah Maeght. Light creation Manon Lauriol. Operations Chief Alexandra de Saint Blanquat, Joséphine Drouin Viallard. Additional cameraman Italy Tommy. Additional camera operator Spain Maud Sophie. Editing Carole Borne, with the support of Gabrielle Stemmer. Assistant director Elina Martinez. Sound and video equipment Romain Vuillet. Stage management Jérémie Sananes. The text of the play is written from interviews conducted with (in progress) Fabíola Cardoso, Davide Chiappa, Anne Lassalle, Caroline Mécary, Lilia Mhissen, Pauline Rongier, Hansu Yalaz.
Production Centre dramatique national Orléans – Centre-Val de Loire, initiated by the Compagnie John Corporation (contracted by the Drac Île-de-France — Ministry of Culture and by the Region Île-de-France), with the valuable help of the production office Les Indépendances (Colin Pitrat, Hélène Moulin-Rouxel)
Co-production Common Points, New national scene of Cergy-Pontoise and the Val d'Oise; Le Volcan – National Stage in Le Havre; Théâtre de la Bastille; Le Lieu Unique – National Stage in Nantes; La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand – National Stage; Essonne National Stage; Festival d'Avignon
The Théâtre de la Bastille and the Festival d'Automne à Paris present this show in co-realisation.
Following on from Reconstitution : Le Procès de Bobigny and Rituel 4 : Le Grand Débat, Émilie Rousset furthers her exploration of our contemporary archives by examining encounters with lawyers and litigants in Europe.
In Affaires Familiales, she retraces intimate accounts and their confrontation with the law, and in doing so poses questions about justice as a space for the transformation of speech. On stage, seven European performers play out these encounters: a female lawyer specializing in child abduction, another female lawyer who is an expert in the rights of LGBTQIA+ families, the Italian father of a child born by surrogacy, a Catalan female police officer from the Mossos d'Esquadra. The piece looks at different cases, such as the silencing of accusations of incest, and victories in the European Court of Human Rights. In line with her approach, Émilie Rousset sets up interplay by means of juxtapositions and discrepancies between what is documented and its on stage portrayal. The staging puts into perspective video projection, the individual performances of the actors and actresses, and the audience's gaze. It invites us to be in as close proximity as possible to these cases, in which the judgement of each situation constitutes a new challenge to justice and questions society at large.
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