Contes et légendes • Joël Pommerat • Théâtre National

Joël Pommerat’s work is closely linked to the Théâtre National. Notably, in 2011 it is at Théâtre National that he debuted his magnificent Cendrillon. In 2016 we also presented Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis, a mammoth show on politics.

With Contes et Legendes, the French writer/director returns to a more intimate form of theatre. He addresses childhood, especially that tipping point when it slides into adolescence. When the first questionings arise. How to create oneself, through which collective representations? Joël Pommerat associates this key moment in human existence with the myth of the artificial creature. In a slightly futuristic universe he imagines a coexistence between humans and social robots, not that artificial intelligence is at the heart of the piece, but rather as a prism through which our relationships and our emotions can be revealed in all their complexity.

The show is the fruit of a lengthy creative process, eight months of workshops and rehearsals fed by research. To reveal more would be a sin. It would be akin to disclosing the ending of a thrilling movie. This is definitely theatre with a top flight team and finely wrought writing but Joël Pommerat almost makes us forget where we are.

Information

Language

Venue

Grande Salle

Duration

100'

Kids

+ 14 years old

Cast

Creation
Joël Pommerat

With
Prescillia Amany Kouamé
Jean-Edouard Bodziak
Elsa Bouchain
Lena Dia
Angélique Flaugère
Lucie Grunstein
Lucie Guien
Juliet Doucet
Marion Levesque
Angeline Pelandakis
Lenni Prézelin

Scenography & light
Eric Soyer

Research & light design
Isabelle Deffin

Wigs & make up
Julie Poulain

Dramaturgy
Marion Boudier

Sound
François Leymarie
Philippe Perrin

Direction assistant
Roxane Isnard

Music
Antonin Leymarie

Original music recorded by
Eve Rissier
Clément Petit
Isabelle Sorling
Benjamin Bailly
Justine Metral
Hélène Marechaux

Dressing
Manon Dénarié

Wigs
Jean-Sébastien Merle

Backup dramaturge
Elodie Muselle

Assistant observer
Daniely Francisque

Backup assistant
Axel Cuisin
Lucia Trotta

Sound operator
Philippe Perrin

Light operator
Gwendal Malard

Stage director
Jean-Pierre Costanziello
Damien Ricau

Set construction
Ateliers de Nanterre- Amandiers

Furniture construction
Thomas Ramon - Artom

General stage manager TN
Michel Ransbotyn

Stage technician TN
Julien Desmet

Production
Compagnie Louis Brouillard

Coproduction
Nanterre-Amandiers - Centre dramatique national, La Coursive - Scène nationale de La Rochelle, Comédie de Genève, le Festival d’Anjou, La Criée - Théâtre National Marseille, Théâtre français du Centre national des Arts du Canada - Ottawa, La Filature - Scène nationale de Mulhouse, Le Théâtre Olympia - Centre dramatique national de Tours, Espace Malraux - Scène nationale de Chambéry et de la Savoie, Bonlieu - Scène nationale d’Annecy, L’Espace Jean Legendre - Théâtre de Compiègne, La Comète - Scène nationale de Châlons-en- Champagne, Le Phénix - Scène nationale de Valenciennes, L’Estive - Scène nationale de Foix et de l’Ariège, la MC2 - Scène nationale de Grenoble,

Le Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Théâtre de la Cité - CDN Toulouse Occitanie, le Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles et le National Taichung Theater.

Action funded by
La Région Ile-de-France.

Cette création bénéficie d’une aide du Ministère de la Culture.

La Compagnie Louis Brouillard reçoit le soutien Ministère de la Culture/Drac Ile-de-France et de la Région Ile-de-France.

La Compagnie Louis Brouillard et Joël Pommerat sont associés est associée à Nanterre-Amandiers, à la Coursive/ Scène nationale de La Rochelle au TNP/ Théâtre National Populaire de Villeurbanne.

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