L'Avenir
Nature II
Magrit Coulon
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
Direction
Magrit Coulon
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