Daddy • Marion Siéfert • Théâtre National

Marion Siéfert looks for theatre where you least expect it. To portray our increasingly virtual lives, she creates a vertiginous world where it is difficult to separate fiction from reality.

In real life, Mara is thirteen years old. She dreams of becoming an actress. As she waits to realize her project, she leads a dreary existence in a small housing estate in the suburbs of Perpignan, with a family plagued by money problems. She escapes by playing video games – role-plays in which dozens of players meet online. The avatar she uses comes across the avatar of a man twice her age. Julien leads a perfect life and, more importantly, he takes an interest in Mara and offers to help her realize her dream. Little by little, the light-hearted game will turn into a nightmare …

Inspired by the ‘sugar daddy’ phenomenon (wealthy men who spend money on young girls in order to dominate them sexually) and by testimonies of young girls abused on social networks, the French performer and director offers us a powerful reflection on youth.

Coproduction Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

Cast

Direction
Marion Siéfert

Texts
Marion Siéfert
Matthieu Bareyre

With
Émilie Cazenave
Lou Chrétien-Février
Jennifer Gold
Lila Houel
Louis Peres
Charles-Henri Wolff

Scenography
Nadia Lauro

Light designs
Manon Lauriol

Sound design
Jules Wysocki

Voice coaching
Louis Peres Aurélia Nardini

Clinical and psychodynamic support for underage actors
Marie Potiron

Video design
Antoine Briot

Costume Design
Valentine Solé
Romain Brau (for the dresses of Lila Houel and Jennifer Gold)

Make-up
Dyna Dagger

Wigs
Kevin Jacotot

Stage manager
Chloé Bouju

Stage management and accessories
Marine Brosse

Sound operator
Patrick Jammes

Costumes
Chloé Courcelle

Direction assistant
Mathilde Chadeau

Costumes staff
Anne Pollock-Vincent
Chloé Courcelle
Lou Thonet

Casting staff
Leila Fournier
Laetitia Goffi

Contributor to the choreography of musicals
Patrick Kuo

Fighting choreographer
Sifu Didier Beddar

Musician
Sigolène Valax

Scenographic design
Nadia Lauro
Marie Maresca
Charlotte Wallet (sculptures)
Flavien Renaudon (snow machines)
Isabelle Boitiere (tapestry)
Marc Bizet (flight)

Production set-up
Anne Pollock-Vincent

Coproduction
Centre national de danse contemporaine – Angers, Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Le Parvis – scène nationale Tarbes-Pyrénées, La Rose des Vents – scène nationale Lille Métropole Villeneuve d’Ascq, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, TAP – Théâtre auditorium Poitiers, Théâtre Olympia – centre dramatique national de Tours, Maillon – Théâtre de Strasbourg scène européenne, Points Communs – nouvelle scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise, Théâtre de Cornouaille – scène nationale de Quimper, La Commune – centre dramatique national d’Aubervilliers, Kunstencentrum Viernulvier - Gand, Célestins – Théâtre de Lyon, Le lieu unique, scène nationale de Nantes, Le Domaine D’O – Montpellier, Théâtre national de Bretagne – Rennes

Residence
La Commune CDN Aubervilliers, Cndc – Angers, CND – Pantin, Théâtre de Sartrouville Yvelines – CDN

Support for set construction
Nanterre-Amandiers, centre

With the support of
Région Ile-de France , Drac Ile-de-France

Special thanks to
M.A.C COSMETIC