Après la répétition /
Persona
Ingmar Bergman
Ivo van Hove
This is the second time that Ivo van Hove is bringing together Après la répétition and Persona. After a Dutch-language production that already revealed the contrasts and similarities between these two typically Bergmanian plays, he returns to them in French with a leading cast. Emmanuelle Bercot, Charles Berling, Justine Bachelet and Mama Prassinos will firmly commit their bodies as they take to the stage in this two-part production.
Two visions of theatre (and art) collide. Après la répétition tells the story of a man who can’t tear himself away from the rehearsal room, a man for whom the theatre is quite simply synonymous with life. Persona, on the other hand, is about an actress who has lost her footing in life, having sacrificed too much to the theatre.
He talks a lot. She says almost nothing. Ivo van Hove’s staging carefully explores the nuances of the relationship between self and art, orchestrating the clash between dialogue-based and performance-based theatre. A powerful text and eloquent bodies make up a diptych in which finely articulated words precede and combine with robust physicality.
Coproduction Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
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Information
Language
fr, surtitling en
Duration
2hr55
Venue
Grande salle
Price
€9 > €30
Cast
Text
Ingmar Bergman
Direction
Ivo van Hove
With
Emmanuelle Bercot
Charles Berling
Justine Bachelet
Mama Prassinos
With the voice of
Isabelle Huppert
Dramaturgy
Peter van Kraaij
Translation
Daniel Loayza
Scenography and lighting design
Jan Versweyveld
Sound design
Roeland Fernhout
Costumes
An D’Huys
Assistant direction
Matthieu Dandreau
Assistant lighting design
Dennis van Scheppingen
Assistant decors and scenography
Bart Van Merode
Assistant costumes
Anna Gillis
Sandrine Rozier
Technical direction
Nicolas Minssen
Deputy technical direction
Matthieu Bordas
General stage management
William Guez
Lighting management
Cathy Gracia
Stage management
Félix Page
Sound management
Samuel Pionnier
Video management
Pierre Vidry
Props
Sébastien Grange
Wardrobe
Lucie Lizen
Make-up
Marine Piette
Hair
Fanta Kadiakhe
Production
Cité européenne du théâtre, Domaine d’O, Montpellier
Coproduction
Théâtre de la Ville Paris, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, GRRRANIT - Scène Nationale de Belfort, La Filature - Scène Nationale de Mulhouse, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Châteauvallon- Liberté - Scène Nationale, Le Volcan- Scène Nationale du Havre, Points communs - Nouvelle Scène Nationale de Cergy- Pontoise et du Val d’Oise
The theatrical works of Ingmar Bergman are represented in French-speaking countries by the agency DRAMA - Suzanne SARQUIER www.dramaparis.com in agreement with the Bergman Foundation www.ingmarbergman.se and the Agence Josef Weinberger Limited in London.
