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Anne-Laure et les fantômes
Philippe Minyana
Actes du théâtre n° 10.[ imprimer ]
This opera is made up of words exchanged by phone or fax. In that sense, this form of exchange, or trade, is a kind of frequency or vibration. Whether dealing with love, sex, economics or Death, the dialogues are expressed through a palette including all the different voices from this fin-de-siècle. Words resound; there are faces without a voice, voices without a face, and fragmented sensations. Every combination is possible, except silence. A noisy, talkative style punctuates Anne-Laure’s desires. This opera is based on that rhythm – somewhat like noise that makes sense.

“Some disappointment is keeping Anne-Laure from getting her bearings and fulfilling her desires, and figuring out what they really mean to her. She is without direction, unable to find peace of mind. The print-out memory of her child is her North Star; the child’s death, her undoing.
The play steers its course between these two poles – in the way the story and action unfold as well as in the writing, constrained by the paradoxical framework and recurrent spasms, almost like a stutter. Tears flow again and again. Pleasure comes in gasps. They say ‘I love you’ to make it come true.”
Robert Cantarella, “ L’histoire, la loi et le désappointement ”, Anne-Laure et les fantômes, éd. Théâtrales, January 1999

Opened at the Théâtre Gérard-Philipe (Saint-Denis), March 2-20, 1999.
Director: R. Cantarella. Assistant: J. Depaule. Music: Les trois 8 (F. Costa, A. Meyer, F. Minière). Scenic design, images: Ph. Quesne. Sound: C. Chable. Cast: F.Giorgetti, X. Legasa, P. Sausy, H. Force, Ph. Vieux, Ch. Carré, V. Joly, W. Lamandra, B. Mazères, F. Costa, R. Rossy, C. Mathis and S. Pearce.

Characters : 7 women - 6 men -
Éditions Théâtrales.

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