When a part of humanity disappears in outer space due to a bizarre accident, The Great Eclipse, the remaining people on earth seek refuge to the so-called “care and consolation centres”, which allow them to send short messages to their missing ones. These centres quickly become places of utmost importance, where this community of emotional amputees come to reflect and heal. One day, a new Eclipse is announced…
Following the seductive performance SAIGON, which received a standing ovation at the Athens Epidaurus Festival 2019, French-Vietnamese artist Caroline Guiela Nguyen returns with a science fiction fairytale and a diverse, multilingual ensemble of professional and non-professional actors, highlighting the most invaluable resource for the future of our planet: the notion of Fraternity.
With Greek and English surtitles
PROLOGUE / PRE-SHOW TALKS
The successful collaboration launched in 2021 between the Athens Epidaurus Festival and the Postgraduate Studies Programme of the Department of Theatre Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, continues this year at the heart of Peiraios 260, building an invaluable bridge between theory and practice. Half an hour before our admission to the theatre venues, young theatre researchers will whet our appetite for the much-anticipated performances, hone our sensibility, and decipher the often challenging “codes” of contemporary performing arts.
*The Prologue initiative will take place before the start of international productions
Text Caroline Guiela Nguyen with the whole artistic team
Directed by Caroline Guiela Nguyen
Artistic collaboration Claire Calvi
Set design Alice Duchange
Costume design Benjamin Moreau
Lighting design Jérémie Papin
Sound – Music production Antoine Richard
Video Jérémie Scheidler
Dramaturgy Hugo Soubise, Manon Worms
Original music Teddy Gauliat-Pitois - Antoine Richard
Cast Dan Artus, Saadi Bahri, Hoonaz Ghojallu, Maïmouna Keita, Nanii, Elios Noël, Alix Petris, Lamya Regragui Muzio, Saaphyra, Vasanth Selvam, Anh Tran Nghia, Hiep Tran Nghia, Mahia Zrouki
Sound collaboration Orane Duclos
Sound production assistant Thibaut Farineau
Lighting collaboration Mathilde Chamoux
Video assistant Marina Masquelier
Stage manager Serge Ugolini
Vocal coaching Myriam Djemour
“Memo” conception Sébastien Puech
Interpreters Fabio Godinho and Camille Hummel (English), Cao Nguyen (Vietnamese)
Casting collaboration Lola Diane
Painting Magali Poutoux
Studio music Quatuor Alternatif: Laura Al Tinaoui, Aurélie Métivier, Lydie Lefebvre, Mathieu Schmaltz
With the participation of Rosanna Artus, Habib Azaouzi, Majida Ghomari, Lee Michelsen, Ruth Nuesch, Jean Ruimi
Production diffusion Isabelle Nougier
Technical direction Xavier Lazarini
Coordination Hummel-Zongo
Communication Coline Loger
Administrative management Stéphane Triolet
Set construction Atelier du Grand T, théâtre de Loire-Atlantique
Costume constructionAtelier du Théâtre de Liège with the support of Atelier du Theatre national Wallonie-Bruxelles
Production Les Hommes Approximatifs
Executive production Les Hommes Approximatifs, Festival d’Avignon French production – Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe, ExtraPôle Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,Comédie – CDN de Reims, Théâtre National de Bretagne, Théâtre National de Strasbourg, Châteauvallon scène nationale, Théâtre de l'Union – CDN du Limousin, Théâtre Olympia CDN de Tours, MC2: Grenoble, La Criée - Théâtre national de Marseille, Le Grand T théâtre de Loire Atlantique, Célestins – Théâtre de Lyon, Comédie de Colmar – CDN Grand Est Alsace, La rose des vents – Scène nationale Lille Métropole Villeneuve d’Ascq, Le Parvis – Scène nationale Tarbes Pyrénées, Théâtre National de Nice, Théâtre du Beauvaisis - Scène nationale
International coproduction PROSPERO – Extended Theatre, - Théâtre National Wallonie- Bruxelles, Théâtre de Liège, Les théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg, Centro Dramatico Nacional - Madrid, Dramaten - Stockholm, Schaubühne – Berlin, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II - Lisbonne, Thalia Theater- Hambourg, RomaEuropa Festival
With the great support of DGCA
With the participation of Jeune théâtre National, de l'ENSATT and l’Institut français Paris
Thanks to Christophe Floderer, Cathy Bouvard, Juliette Alexandre, Juliette Kramer, Béatriz Coutrot, Fabrice Di Falco, Avril Tembouret, Malone Artus, Farah Beguin El Fekkak, Adeline Guillot, Charlesse Tekabanza Diampova, Judith Leimann, Ossem, Shaina Bensalah, Maream El Araishy, Salvador Noël, Mathilde Rochais-Gensac, Badr Boukikaz, Boney Fields, Maria Rosa Yvon, Charles Berling, Alfredo Canavaten, Youssouf Gueye, Claire Rolland, Carl Holland to La Chartreuse, Centre national des écritures du spectacle, Villeneuve lez Avignon, Les Ateliers Médicis, la Fondation Minkowska, la Fondation Teresa Pontès Bureau du Rétablissement des Liens Familiaux – Croix Rouge, la Comédie – CDN de Reims, Théâtre National de Bretagne, Théâtre National Wallonie Bruxelles, au Théâtre de Liège, au Festival d’Avignon et à leurs and Voix des Outre-Mer, La Comédie Française, l’Equinoxe, Scène Nationale de Châteauroux, le Théâtre Nouvelle Génération, Lyon, La Comédie de Valence, l’association Filigrane, Traces Migrations
Communication partner Institut français de Grèce – Cooperation and Cultural Action Service of the Embassy of France in Greece
