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Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

L'Avenir

Nature II
Magrit Coulon

12 > 23.11.2024
Theatre

Stricken with mal de vivre, a number of individuals end up within the walls of an ageing institution, L’Avenir. It welcomes the weary, the miserable, the depressed, all those who, one day, gave up, dreamed of disappearing for a while. At L’Avenir, between two cups of coffee served by an ageless steward, these people train to keep up with the world, to maintain the tempo, by integrating the rules of successful sociability. 
In this breathless place, this fragile community of lonely souls tries to relearn what it takes to engage in the business of life. Trained to become the protagonists of their own lives, to play their part in a society that wears them down, they are plagued by doubt: play the game, yes, but why?

After HOME: Morceaux de nature en ruine and Toutes les villes détruites se ressemblent, the Nature II company, under the impetus of Magrit Coulon, presents the final part of its trilogy of commonplaces. Somewhere between secret polyphony and a choreography for tired bodies, L’Avenir continues the search for a theatre of the ordinary: writing focused on bodies and detail, the time that passes and the time that doesn’t, attention paid to everyday life, which is both funny and sad at the same time.

Première
Création Studio Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

Calendar

Information

Language

fr

Duration

1hr30

Venue

Studio

Price

€9 > €21

Cast

With
Raphaëlle Corbisier
Emmanuelle Gilles-Rousseau
Romain Pigneul
Jules Puibaraud
Claire Rappin 
Marianne Hansé

Direction
Magrit Coulon

Assistant director
Anne Prea

Writing and dramaturgy
Bogdan Kikena 

Scenography
Justine Bougerol

Sound design
Olmo Missaglia

Lighting design
Manon Vergotte

Costumes
Solène Valentin

Dramaturgy
Stéphane Olivier 

Vocal and rhythmic coaching
Lucile Charnier

Choregraphic input
Natacha Nicora

Set construction and costume design
Ateliers du Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

A performance by
Nature II

Production
Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

Coproduction
Théâtre de Liège, Comédie de Genève, La Maison de la Culture de Tournai, Théâtre de Lorient, MC93 - Scène nationale de Seine-Saint-Denis à Bobigny, Théâtre Antoine Vitez - Scène d’Ivry, La Coop asbl, Shelter Prod

With the help of
La Fédération Wallonie- Bruxelles, Service Général de la Création Artistique – Direction du Théâtre

With the support of
CENTQUATRE-Paris, Centre Culturel d’Uccle, MoDul, La Bellone, Le Corridor, le Bocal, et de Taxshelter.be, ING et du Taxshelter du gouvernement fédéral belge

Tim Eitel, Ausflug (Jaunt), 2003 courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig - Berlin und The Pace Gallery, SABAM Belgium, 2023pg
Le Rideau de saison, Maak & Transmettre · photo : Lucile Dizier, 2024