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Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

Si j'étais moi

Mathias Simons

02 > 14.03.2021
Theatre

Sven Punti Larsen, powerful businessman and the heir to a global fortune, his sister Emma, an artist, and their chauffeur/bodyguard Mat, go for a wild and alcohol fueled tear across the city, from a luxury hotel lounge to a homeless shelter by way of the top of the Atomium in Brussels. Being both actors and narrators, the three characters fill this grating comedy with visions and archetypes: the powerful, the foot soldier and the witch.

Drawing on Rimbaud’s play on words "Je est un autre", the saga of these changing characters weaves and deploys different storylines to illustrate a reflection, a mirror image between reality and fiction. Like a sarcastic and dreamlike after hours club, the story banks on the improbability of the situations that are brought together to create a sham of reality in which the three characters ambulate. An epic ride in the form of a hallucinatory fable, which calls for rebellion against the dominant ideology and to laugh at the peculiarities of our era.

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Calendar

  • - 19:00
  • - 20:15
  • - 20:15
  • - 20:15
  • - 19:00
  • - 19:00

    Discussion "Rencontre Constructeurs d’Histoires" after show (Théâtre des Martyrs)

  • - 20:15
  • - 20:15
  • - 20:15
  • - 19:00
  • - 15:00

Information

Language

FR

Venue

Théâtre des Martyrs

Duration

105'

Surrounding the show

09.03.2021 - Discussion "Rencontre Constructeurs d’Histoires" after show (Théâtre des Martyrs)

Cast

Direction & texts
Mathias Simons 

Performance 
Marie-Hélène Balau 
Fabrice Schillaci 
Audric Chapus 

Direction assistante 
En cours 

Scenography 
Aurelie Borremans 

Sound design 
Guillaume Istace 

Light 
En cours 

Costumes 
Marie-Hélène Balau 

© Marie-Helene Balau
Temporary closure : the performances from 26.11 to 02.12.2024 are cancelled.
Le Rideau de saison, Maak & Transmettre · photo : Lucile Dizier, 2024