Sylvia
Fabrice Murgia / Cie. Artara - An Pierlé Quartet
“I win my freedom by cutting back on my sleep.”
This quotation of Sylvia Plath aptly summarizes the thoughts and the inner conflict of this American poet of the fifties and sixties. The icon of a poetic rather than a committed feminism, Sylvia Plath will struggle her whole life between her wish to fit into the American Dream (perfect spouse and mother) and her irrepressible need to write. A profound contradiction that led to her demise.
This complex life is recorded in a personal diary in which we discover her life as a young woman and her first suicide attempt at the age of twenty. From this diary she will create a novel, The Bell Jar, in 1963. Reality will quickly overtake fiction since, that same year Sylvia Plath will take her own life, as if the staging of her depression caused her to commit this ultimate act.
To reflect on this feminine voice which is often reminiscent of that of Virginia Woolf, Fabrice Murgia has conceived a pop opera for one female voice and fifteen women, with music by Belgian author/composer An Pierlé accompanied by her quartet. On stage, a film set reveals both a film shoot and the wings behind the scenes; a spectacle on the border of theatre and cinema.
Calendar
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- 20:15
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- 19:30
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- 20:15
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- 20:15
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- 20:15
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- 20:15
Introduction - 19:45
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- 19:30
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- 20:15
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- 20:15
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- 20:15
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- 20:15
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- 19:30
discussion 'Builders of Stories' after show
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- 20:15
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- 20:15
Information
Language
FR, EN, NL — Surtitles FR, NL
Venue
Grande salle
Surrounding the show
introduction 02.10.2018 - 19:45 (15')
Surrounding the show
discussion 'Builders of Stories' after show 10.10.2018
Sound level
category 2
Duration
1h40
Cast
Director
Fabrice Murgia
Music
An Pierlé Quartet
An Pierlé: voice and piano
Koen Gisen: bass clarinet, saxophone, guitar and percussion
Hendrik Lasure: keyboards and computers
Casper Van de Velde: percussion
With
Valérie Bauchau, Clara Bonnet, Solène Cizeron, Vanessa Compagnucci, Vinora Epp, Léone François, Magali Pinglaut, Ariane Rousseau, Scarlet Tummers
Direction photo
Juliette Van Dormael
Assistant camera
Takeiki Flon
Assistant director
Justine Lequette
Assistant director intern
Shana Lellouch
Assistant tour
Maxime Glaude
Video and lighting creation and Artara technical direction
Giacinto Caponio
Assistant for video creation and video technical management
Dimitri Petrovic
Costumes
Marie-Hélène Balau
Set design
Rudy Sabounghi
Assistant set design
Julien Soulier
Decoration
Aurélie Borremans
Assistant decoration
Valérie Perin
Interns decoration
Léa Pelletier & Sophie Hazebrouck
Set construction & costums
Ateliers du Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Research and dramaturgy assistance
Cécile Michel
Technical management
Hugues Girard
Lighting director
Emily Brassier
Sound design
Bob Hermans
Stage management
Lucas Hamblenne, Joachim Hesse, Aurélie Perret
Camera
Juliette Van Dormael / on tour Aurelie Leporcq
Création Studio Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Production
Cie. Artara
Co-production
Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, le Théâtre de Namur, Central – La Louvière, MARS – Mons Arts de la Scène, la Fondation Mons2025 – 2018-2019 biennial, Printemps des Comédiens - Montpellier, La Comédie de Saint-Etienne – Centre Dramatique National, Théâtre Jean-Vilar de Vitry-sur-Scène, Le Carreau – Scène Nationale de Forbach et de l’Est mosellan, Théâtres en Dracénie – Draguignan, La Coop asbl, Shelter Prod
With the support of
taxshelter.be, ING & tax-shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge, DIESE # Rhône Alpes
Thanks
Lionel Demilier, Monique Grignard, Léonor Rodriguez, Eve Scorneaux, Yvon Van Lancker and Alfredo Cañavate.
