Description
With his cross-reading of Racine and Artaud, Frank Castorf offers us a theatre of the word, between the Baroque poet who uses language to create the mechanism that will set desire free and the demon who shatters and reinvents language to reconstruct himself. Bajazet, considering the Theatre and the Plague (2019) is also a celebration of Castorf’s theatre, a state of urgency composed of immoderation and vitalism, a territory of contradictions and revelations, in a game where the mixing of languages supports a ferociously subtle direction of actors. The entirely French-speaking cast, seasoned in Racine’s tragic words and Artaud’s theatrical essentialism, features the presence of Jeanne Balibar, a French stage and film star.
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Credits
adapted and directed by Frank Castorf
texts Jean Racine, Antonin Artaud and quotes from Pascal, Dostoiévski
set design Aleksandar Denic costumes Adriana Braga Peretzki video Andreas Deinert music William Minke lighting design Lothar Baumgarte direction assistance Hanna Lasserre and Camille Logoz, Camille Roduit (internships) set design assistance Maude Bovey (estagiária/internship) wardrobe assistance Sabrina Bosshard
cast Jeanne Balibar, Jean-Damien Barbin, Adama Diop, Mounir Margoum, Claire Sermonne, Andreas Deinert (câmara/camera)
produced by Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne (Switzerland), MC93 – Maison de la Culture de Seine Saint-Denis (France) co-produced by ExtraPôle Région SUD, Grand Théâtre de Provence with the support of Friche la Belle de Mai**, Festival d’Automne à Paris,** Théâtre National de Strasbourg**, Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne****, TANDEM Scène nationale Douai, Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy, TNA/Teatro Nacional Argentino – Teatro Cervantes, Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione**
opening 30Out/Oct2019 Théâtre Vidy – Lausanne (Suíça/Switzerland) playing time 4:00 with intermission Ages 16 and up
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Show in French, Portuguese subtitles
PROGRAM CO-FINANCED BY THE NORTH REGIONAL OPERATIONAL PROGRAM (NORTE 2020), PORTUGAL 2020 AND THE EUROPEAN UNION THROUGH THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (FEDER).
Sessions
Teatro São João
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