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L'Européenne David Lescot | | photo :www.landesbuehne-nord.de |
| | | What if the European cultural scene were played out and mandated onstage and to music? How can Europe get going again with a composer who thinks he can do better than Beethoven, an epic poet, a rebel Portuguese performer, a German installation artist, a Belgian linguist who is a fan of passive inter-comprehension, a fleeting young Slovak woman, three musicians in search of an orchestra, an overwhelmed deputy delegate and the oldest living European woman?
The arts must come to their assistance, but can they stand up to a reality check? Does speaking to one another mean we understand each other?
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| "The central idea, as indicated by the title, is Europe, and in particular how to get it moving in a more modern way. [...]
It's very funny, and moving, and David Lescot raises the question in his play of whether art helps people in their lives, and whether a reality check will prevail over the best intentions in the world. Three men, four women and three musicians are onstage in this pageant of words - a festival of language and a celebration of human intelligence."
Sébastien Faramans, La Marseillaise, 17 June 2007
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| Opens 12-20 May 2009 at the Comédie de Reims. Opens in Paris, Théâtre de la Ville, October 2009.
[The play has previously been staged in two different productions: on 1st August 2007 at the Théâtre du Peuple de Bussang (dir. by Charlie Degotte); on 13 September 2008 at the Landsbühne in Wilhelmshaven, Germany (dir. by Olaf Strieb).]
Composer and Director: David Lescot. Scenic Design: Alwyne Dedardel. Lighting: Joël Hourbeigt. Costumes: Sylvette Dequest. Props: Philippe Binard. Assistant Director: Laïs Foulc. Musical & Singing Director: Virgile Vaugelade. Cast: Elizabeth Mazev, Olga Grumberg, Scali Delpeyrat, Christophe Vandevelde, Lenka Luptakova, Victor Hugo Pontes, Marie Dompnier, Virgile Vaugelade (saxophone), Cl¨¦ment Lendais (bass), Karine Germaix (accordeon).
German Translation by Uli Menke. |
| Characters : 4 women - 3 men - 3 musicians (of either gender) Actes Sud-Papiers - www.actes-sud.fr |
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