PLAYWRIGHT DATABASE |
 |
Chocolat Piment | Christine Reverho |
| Summary : Their
father, a solitary and grouchy widower, is having a birthday.
Stéphanie, Caroline and her husband organise a dinner. Each of
them gives him a gift, but Stéphanie's turns out to be
embarrassing. |
« The play
is a success, with a dynamic, sharp, realistic and deliberately
contemporary tone. »
Philippe Tesson, Le Figaro, 3 january 2007 |
Characters : 3 women 2 men
Éditions l’Avant-Scène, Collection Les Quatre-Vents
Video expert |
 |
|
|
 |
Un vrai bonheur 2 | Didier Caron |
| Summary : They have chosen their old primary school as the setting to celebrate the New Year. Everything goes well until midnight; but things start to turn sour when they start pronouncing their New Year’s wishes. |
« Un vrai bonheur is a smash hit, a true evening of emotion
and laughter. »
Delphine de Malherbe, JDD, 11 february 2007 |
Characters : 4 women 4 men
Éditions Art et Comédie
Video expert |
|
|
|
 |
 |
Le marin d'eau douce | Joël Jouanneau |
| Summary : A child from Pré-en-pail with no first name is terribly bored. One fine day he decides to make himself scarce. He encounters many obstacles along the way and is soon swept away by the waves... |
« Whether ‘for children’ or for ‘adults’, all ten of his plays so far revolve around the central theme of childhood and origins. »
Excerpt from the TNT press
kit |
Characters : 2 women 3 men
Éditions Actes Sud-Papiers, Heyoka Jeunesse |
|
|
|
 |
Le Petit Chaperon rouge | Joël Pommerat |
| Summary : « I think it is very important to tell children tales which connect them to the present as well as to their roots. And this tale, which tells us about our farming ancestors, connects us to the earth. » |
« Right from the start you understand what made the playwright turn to the folk tale genre. »
Maïa Bouteillet, Libération, 12-13 june 2004 |
Characters : 3 women 1 man
Éditions Actes Sud-Papiers, Heyoka Jeunesse |
|
|
|
|
| |
NEWS FROM ABROAD |
| PROMOTION ABROAD |
|
INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL PROJECTS |
 |
Toc Toc | Laurent Baffie
opened in Istanbul, in Turkish, february 2007 |
|
Moi aussi je suis Catherine Deneuve | Pierre Notte
premiere in Italian at Sala Uno, 19/02/07
opened in Tokyo, in Japan 03/04/07
(with Le Discours du père by Guy Foissy) |
|
Un homme en faillite and Mariage | David Lescot
published in Spanish language by Teatro del Astillero, 2006 |
|
|
Le Jeune Prince et la Vérité | Jean-Claude Carrière
translated in Russian, 2007
Le Circuit ordinaire | Jean-Claude Carrière
published in Russian in Le Théâtre n°2, 2007
Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare | Rémi De Vos
published in Russian in Les Saisons Baltes n°14, 2006
Un nouveau départ et Le Caïman | Antoine Rault
translated in Russian, 2006
|
|
|
|
Represented in German-speaking countries : |
|
Le Cabaret de hommes perdus | Christian Siméon
and
Patrick Laviosa by the Pegler agency 12/01/07
L'Amérique et Le grand retour de Boris S. | Serge Kribus
by the Pegler agency 09/06
Terre Sainte | Mohamed Kacimi
by the Desch agency 22/11/06 |
|
|
 |
Face à Face | Parole di Francia per Scene
d’Italia |
| A series of readings which are part of the
TERI programme (Translate, Publish and Present in Italy) initiated by the French
Embassy in Rome in
2005, supported by the SACD from its inception. |
|
 |
 |
France en scène | Theater und Nouveau Cirque |
| Programme : 14 companies, 35 performances, readings, discussions and screenings
from 10 March-1st April in 8 Berlin institutions. |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
PLAYWRIGHTS CORNERS |
| PLAYWRIGHTS CORNERS |
Jean-Claude Carrière
Don't Forget to Write |
| « One
tries to help in whatever way possible -
by promoting texts, having them read, produced and staged. But you
always go back to the source and talk to the playwrights
themselves. A dreamer, or some young woman who's still
hesitating, remarks on all the sketchy writing everywhere [...] » |
|
|
|
| AUTHORS' NOTES |
Jean-Yves Picq
... to
be open-minded towards the world ... |
| « One is usually delighted to return
to one's home country after having been away for a time.
There is a joy in being back among one's own cultural
references. That feeling of joy is even greater if your
country's culture is meant to be open-minded towards the world [...] » |
|
|
|
| TRAVELOG |
Pierre Notte
Anche io je suis Catherine Deneuve |
| « Behind the grey brick wall of the
Teatro Sala Uno are (they say) the actual stairs where Pontius
Pilate uttered the words «ecce homo ».
Today, in late February 2007, they are presenting Catherine
Deneuve, aka Anche Io..., my play staged by Reza Keradman [...] » |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
HIGHLIGHTS |
 |
De la révolution | Joseph Danan |
| Summary : The 1970s.
Cat and Robert, involved in a revolutionary faction, kidnap
Célia, the daughter of a wealthy family from whom they demand
ransom... Early in the 21st century (2000s). Catherine
is living with Jimmy and their child. Célia reappears,
bringing back the terrorist past and other insolvable questions (can
one reinvent oneself?).. |
Characters : 3 women 2 men 1 child
Éditions Actes Sud-Papiers | Opened January 2007
|
|
 |
 |
Le Dieu du Carnage | Yasmina Reza |
| Summary : We wanted to be nice and bought some tulips,
and my wife dressed me up as a leftist; but the truth is that I have
no self-control and I'm totally maladjusted. |
Characters : 2 women 2 men
Éditions Albin Michel | Opened January 2008
|
|
|
| |
|
|
NEWS |
| CALENDAR |
|
DIRECTIONS
THEATRES NATIONAUX & CDN - NOMINATIONS 2007 |
|
|
|
Pascal Rambert has been named director of the Centre dramatique national (CDN)
- Théâtre de Gennevilliers starting 1st
January 2007. He takes over from Bernard Sobel. |
|
Frédéric
Bélier-Garcia ehas been named director of the Nouveau théâtre d’Angers,
CDN des Pays de la Loire starting 1st
January 2007. He takes over from Claude Yersin. |
|
|
Jean
Lambert-wild has been named director of
the CDN de Caen starting 1st January 2007, replacing director Eric
Lacascade. |
|
|
|
Olivier Py succeeds Georges Lavaudant as director
of the Théâtre national de l’Odéon, starting
in late February 2007. |
|
Jean-Michel
Ribes tenure as director
of the Théâtre du Rond-Point has been renewed until 1st
January 2012. |
|
|
| |
EXTRAS... |
 |
Le Petit Chaperon Uf | Jean-Claude Grumberg |
| Le Petit chaperon Rouge by Joël Pommerat, see this
dark, freely adapted version of the fairy tale by Jean-Claude Grumberg |
Characters : 3 men 1 child
Éditions Actes Sud-Papiers, Heyoka Jeunesse
|
| Forthcoming | an interview
with playwrights Jean-Claude Grumberg and Joël Jounneau about their
theatre for young audiences event. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
