Philippe Quesne
Le Paradoxe de John
novembernov 7 – 16
novembernov 26 - december – dec 26
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© Martin Argyroglo ©
© Martin Argyroglo ©
Friday november 7
20h
Saturday november 8
18h
Sunday november 9
16h
Wednesday november 12
20h
Thursday november 13
20h
Friday november 14
20h
Saturday november 15
18h
Sunday november 16
16h
Wednesday november 26
20h30
Thursday november 27
20h30
Friday november 28
20h30
Saturday november 29
18h
Monday december 1
20h30
Tuesday december 2
20h30
Wednesday december 3
20h30
Thursday december 4
20h30
Friday december 5
20h30
Saturday december 6
18h
Concept, direction and set design Philippe Quesne. Original text Laura Vazquez. With Isabelle Angotti, Céleste Brunnquell, Marc Susini, Veronika Vasilyeva-Rije, Marc Chevillon. Costumes Anna Carraud assisted by Mirabelle Perot. Stage management and artistic collaboration François Boulet, Marc Chevillon. Technical assistance Thomas Laigle. Set painter Marie Maresca. Production Alice Merer / Vivarium Studio. Production assistant Mathilde Prevors.
Acknowledgements Zinn Atmane, Lola Bourdin (eniedocc), Jean-Charles Dumay, Léo Gobin, Sébastien Jacobs, Paul Nougé, Florian Sanchez (Eugène Blove), Lisa Sturacci, Maud Wyler, Julia Zastava.
Music Samuel Barber, Noel Boggs, Fred Buscaglione, John Cage, Lucy Railton, Robert Schumann, Demetrio Stratos, Riz Ortolani, etc.
Production Vivarium Studio
Coproduction La Commune, centre dramatique national d'Aubervilliers; Festival d'Automne à Paris; Théâtre de la Bastille; Théâtre Garonne - Scène européenne; Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne; Maison Saint-Gervais - Genève; Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik (Hamburg)
With the support of the Région Île-de-France
The Vivarium Studio company is subsidised by the Drac Île-de-France - Ministère de la Culture.
Le Paradoxe de John is presented at La Commune, CDN d'Aubervilliers, as part of the Pavillon théâtre Philippe Quesne.
La Commune, centre dramatique national d’Aubervilliers, the Théâtre de la Bastille and the Festival d'Automne à Paris are co-producers of this show and present it in co-realisation.
With the support of
In partnership with
Philippe Quesne further his thoughts into the place of art in our daily lives in the company of four performers and guests. In this new piece, inventions of the musical and the visual arts-based kind respond to the circumvolutions of Laura Vazquez's highly original poems.
Le Paradoxe de John brings back the memory of one of the director's first plays, making a diptych with it, 18 years apart. In 2007, L’effet de Serge portrayed a solitary being who organizes shows for his friends every Sunday in his flat. His miniature plays, lasting between one and three minutes, conjured up a poetic and humorous imaginary world but also a strange environment in which the solitude of the melancholic inventor coexisted with the friendship of his circle of ever-patient spectators. In this new piece, from out of this tension between obsessive quest and need for sharing emerges the ups and downs of a character who, in the company of his guests, is busy with the setting up an art gallery. From effect to paradox, what remains is the spirit of a theatre in close proximity to the audience, and which is witness to a polyphonic composition for humans and non-humans alike. The texts of the poet and novelist Laura Vazquez fully inhabit the libretto, making it the logical continuation of a collaboration that started with Fantasmagoria and Le Jardin des Délices, two pieces presented at the Festival d'Automne in 2022 and 2023.
In the same place
Metro : Bastille, Voltaire ou Bréguet-Sabin
Bus : 69 (Commandant Lamy), 61 (Basfroi)
Vélib' : 37 rue de la Roquette, 29 rue Keller, 169 avenue Ledru-Rollin, 9 rue Froment