Sylvia
Fabrice Murgia, Cie Artara - An Pierlé Quartet
Leading figure of a feminism which is more poetic than engaged, Sylvia Plath fought all her life between her desire to fulfill the injunctions of the American dream of the 50’s and 60’s (perfect wife and mother) and her irrepressible need to write. It was a deep contradiction that led to her death. From this complex life she produced a novel; The Bell Jar, which was published in 1963.
To reflect on this female voice, Fabrice Murgia has conceived a whirling piece which shows us the many layers and the interior conflicts of the American poet. On stage, nine actors play Sylvia at different key moments in her life. A depressive young woman making her first suicide attempt at 20. A young woman drunk on the power of words. An author victim of male domination.
The originality of this show is its melding of theatre and film. Throughout the performance the spectator watches in real time the creation of a film projected on a big screen. The camera work created with virtuosity by Juliette Van Dormael highlights the tearing apart of the artist, films with close-ups of the actors’ faces the emotions of the character, and follows the movements of the different Sylvias from the beginning to the end. A sensitive portrait enriched by the sublime melancholy of the musical compositions of Belgian author/composer An Pierlé.
Calendar
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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
Information
Language
fr, en, nl, surtitles fr, nl
Venue
Grande Salle
Duration
100’
Surrounding the show
Introduction 05.11.2019 – 19:45 (15')
Cast
Premiere
25.09.2018 - Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Director
Fabrice Murgia
Voice and piano
An Pierlé
Bass clarinet, saxophone, guitar and percussion
Koen Gisen
Keyboards and computers
Hendrik Lasure
Percussion
Casper Van de Velde
Cinematographer
Juliette Van Dormael
Assistant camera
Takeiki Flon
Assistant director
Justine Lequette
Assistant director intern
Shana Lellouch
Video and lighting creation and Artara technical direction
Giacinto Caponio
Assistant for video creation and technical management
Dimitri Petrovic
Costumes
Marie-Hélène Balau
Set design
Rudy Sabounghi
Assistant set design
Julien Soulier
Decorator
Aurélie Borremans
Assistant decorator
Valérie Perin
Decorator intern
Léa Pelletier
Sophie Hazebrouck
Research and dramaturgy assistance
Cécile Michel
With
Valérie Bauchau
Clara Bonnet
Solène Cizeron
Vanessa Compagnucci
Vinora Epp
Léone François
Magali Pinglaut
Ariane Rousseau
Scarlet Tummers
Technical manager
Hugues Girard
Cédric Otte (TN)
Assistant tour
Maxime Glaude
Lighting director
Emily Brassier
Sound design
Bob Hermans
Stage management
Aurélie Perret
Baptiste Wattier
Pierre Ottinger (TN)
Dimitri Wauters (TN)
Camera
Aurelie Leporcq
With the participation of
Alfredo Cañavate
Création Studio Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Production
Cie Artara
Sets construction and costumes
Ateliers du Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Co-production
Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Théâtre de Namur, Central – La Louvière, Mars – Mons Arts de la Scène, la Fondation Mons2025 – Biennale 2018-2019, Printemps des Comédiens – Montpellier, 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, Coop asbl et Shelter Prod.
With the support of
taxshelter.be, ING et du tax-shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge, avec le soutien du DIESE # Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes, dispositif d’insertion de L’École de La Comédie de Saint-Étienne
