Kingdom
Anne-Cécile Vandalem / DAS FRÄULEIN (KOMPANIE)
Two families have removed themselves from the modern world to live in peace with nature. After a few years spent in an environment as hostile as it is wonderful, mistrust and resentment boil over. Suddenly the division of the territory is deemed unfair, and fortune seems to be angry one of the two families. One day, a barrier is put up between the two clans. War is declared. A few metres from the battlefield, children witness this world in the process of disappearing. Under the watchful eye of a production team, the tragedy is told.
Anne-Cécile Vandalem is developing the last part of her trilogy, completing the works Tristesses (Sadnesses) (2016) and Arctique (Arctic) (2018). The main topic of this research is temporal failure – how the future can no longer resonate with the promise of a better world. She approaches this theme through children, who will be the adults of this future in question. During her reflection, she discovered Clément Cogitore’s work Braguino ou la Communauté impossible (Braguino or the Impossible Community). The work, consisting of a documentary film and an exhibition, follows an exiled community in Eastern Siberia. We discover Sacha Braguine, patriarch of a family, who bears witness to life in the heart of nature. The birth of children, the gentle hostility of this wild environment and its learning. Then the arrival of the Killines (the other family) and the first conflicts that emerge.
Kingdom is an epic fable loosely inspired by the work of Clément Cogitore. It questions the issues it raises through theatrical fiction: the desire to extract oneself from the world, the dialectical relationship to nature and its resources, and a schema as old as humanity itself that never ceases to reproduce itself: the impossibility of living in peace.
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Information
Language
FR surtitrage EN
Venue
Grande Salle
Duration
100'
Cast
Last part of the trilogy Tristesses, Arctique, Kingdom, published by Actes Sud-Papiers.
Freely inspired by Braguino by Clément Cogitore
Writing and directing
Anne-Cécile Vandalem
Stage design
Ruimtevaarders
Composition
Vincent Cahay
Pierre Kissling
Direction of photography and camera
Federico D’Ambrosio
Dramaturgy
Sarah Seignobosc
Lighting design
Amélie Géhin
Video design
Frédéric Nicaise
Sound design
Antoine Bourgain
Costumes design
Laurence Hermant
Make-up design
Sophie Carlier
Assistant directors
Pauline Ringeade
Mahlia Theismann
Technical direction
Damien Arrii
Props
Philippe Vasseur
Children’s coaches
Lara Ceulemans
Julia Huet Alberola
Camera operator
Leonor Malamatenios
Animal trainer
Victorine Reinewald
Children’s caretakers
Anne Lahousse
Fabien Castan
Script consultant
Bruno Tracq
Lighting control
Hadrien Jeangette
Stage management
Baptiste Wattier
Costumes
Carine Duarte
Children’s casting director
Kadija Leclere
Production trainees
Elsa Rauchs
Alexis Mullard
Costume trainee
Tatiana Strobbe
Camera trainee
Mounir Benchara
Trainee assistant technical director
Antoine Fiori
Subtitles
Erik Borgman (Werkhuis)
Translations
Claire Tarring
Press Relations
Dorothée Duplan
Camille Pierrepont
Fiona Defolny, assisted by Louise Dubreil
Administration
Lila Pérès
Production
Daria Bubalo
Tour management
Jill De Muelenaere
Head of production, administration & sales
Audrey Brooking
Eva Wilsens
Cast
Philippe Grand’Henry (Philippe)
Laurent Caron (Laurent)
Zoé Kovacs (Zoé)
Épona Guillaume (Épona)
Arnaud Botman (Vania)
Film Production team
Federico D’Ambrosio
Leonor Malamatenios
The children
Juliette Goossens - Ida Mühleck (Anja)
Lea Swaeles - Léonie Chaidron (Nastasja)
Daryna Melnyk - Eulalie Poucet (Daryna)
Isaac Mathot - Noa Staes (Michka)
The dogs
Ice
Oméga
Création Studio Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Co-production
Théâtre de Liège [BE] | Festival d’Avignon [FR] | Théâtre National de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles [BE] | Odéon - Théâtre de l’Europe [FR] | Le Volcan – scène nationale du Havre [FR] | Théâtre du Nord – CDN [FR] | Théâtre de Lorient – CDN [FR] | Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg [LU] | Théâtre de Namur [BE] | Le Quai - CDN d’Angers [FR] | Les Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon [FR] | Maison de la culture de Tournai – maison de création [BE] | La Coop asbl & Shelter Prod [BE]
Sets construction
Ateliers du Théâtre de Liège, Ateliers du Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Costumes design
Ateliers du Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
With the support of
Taxshelter.be, ING, tax-shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles - service théâtre, Loterie nationale
Remerciements
L’usine, Compagnie Point Zéro, Projection Room
Texte publié chez Actes Sud-Papiers
Anne-Cécile Vandalem et l’équipe de Das Fräulein (Kompanie) tiennent à remercier pour leurs contributions
Marie Charrieau, Fabrice Adde, Jean-Baptiste Szezot, Yoann Blanc, Alexandre Michel , Sophie Jaskulski, Cathy Grosjean, Brigitte Dedry, Anne Marie Loop, Euridike De Beul, Isis Guillaume, Séléné Guillaume, Juliette Challet , Adèle Rulens, Matteo, Arsène Claus Depré, Lionel Naessens, Isidore Poniris, Lionel Heymans, Maxim Daish, Léonard Blart, Méroé Guillaume, Aliénor Guillaume, Eurydice Guillaume, Céline Gaudier, Sarah Vanhee, Dominique Roodthooft, Patrick Corillon, Sébastien Monfé, Charlotte Siokos, Kevin Sage, Eva Choudhna, Cyril Aribaud, Grégory Pierrot, Michel Van Slijpe, Françoise Vandalem, Stéphane Olivier, Benoit Hennaut, Jean-Christophe Brianchon, Casting Tails, Ministar, Katodix/Bloody Mary’s, Marie Augustin, les équipes du Théâtre de Liège et du Théâtre National de la Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles.
