FRANCE
An haute couture house receives an unusual order: to make the wedding dress of a princess of the royal family of England. For eight months, various people –the dressmaker in Paris, the lace weaver in Normandy, the embroiderer in Mumbai– work on the secret project, unaware of what the final product will be. They all pledge not to reveal a single thing. And yet on stage we watch their fate and their dreams unfold.
Caroline Guiela Nguyen, whom we met at the Festival in 2019 with the enchanting Saigon and in 2021 with FRATERNITY, A Fantastic Tale, weaves upon the toilsome process of creation a story about violence, both institutional and domestic, and about the tears that lie behind beauty.
Lacrima is the first act of a planned repertory of works that will form a ‘contemporary history of tears’.
A French production with scenes in Tamil, English and sign language
With Greek and English surtitles
Greek surtitles
Despina Papagiannopoulou
13 June
Post-show talk with the artists
Coordinated by Dimitra Kondylaki, dramaturg and translator, Head of AEF’s Publications department
Written and directed by Caroline Guiela Nguyen
Translation in LSF, English, Tamil Nadia Bourgeois, Carl Holland, Rajarajeswari Parisot
With Dan Artus, Dinah Bellity, Natasha Cashman, Charles Vinoth Irudhayaraj, Anaele Jan Kerguistel, Maud Le Grevellec, Liliane Lipau, Nanii, Rajarajeswari Parisot, Vasanth Selvam
and on film Nadia Bourgeois, Charles Schera, Fleur Sulmont
with the voices of Louise Marcia Blévins, Béatrice Dedieu, David Geselson, Kathy Packianathan, Jessica Savage-Hanford
Artistic collaboration Paola Secret
Scenography Alice Duchange
Costumes and haute couture collection Benjamin Moreau, Atelier de construction des décors du Théâtre national de Strasbourg
Light design Mathilde Chamoux, Jérémie Papin
Sound design Antoine Richard in collaboration with Thibault Farineau
Original Music Jean-Baptiste Cognet, Teddy Gauliat-Pitois, Antoine Richard
Video Jérémie Scheidler
Motion design Marina Masquelier
Hair, wigs and makeup Émilie Vuez
Casting Lola Diane
Lights Mathilde Chamoux
Régie générale Stéphane Descombes, Xavier Lazarini
Direction intern Iris Baldoureaux-Fredon
Sound intern Ella Bellone
Dramaturgy interns Louison Ryser, Tristan Schinz (dramaturgy students at the Théâtre national du Strasbourg’s school)
Dramaturgy assistant Hugo Soubise
Artistic counseling Juliette Alexandre, Noémie de Lapparent
Recorded music Quatuor Adastra – chords quatuor
Surtitling Panthéa
Stage design construction – Costumes design and embroideries Atelier de construction des décors et de costumes du Théâtre national de Strasbourg
Production Théâtre national de Strasbourg
Co-production Festival TransAmériques (Canada) ; La Comédie - Centre dramatique national de Reims ; Points communs — Nouvelle scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise ; Théâtres de la Ville du Luxembourg ; Centro Dramático Nacional de Madrid (Spain) ; Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa (Italy) ; Wiener Festwochen | Freie Republik Wien (Austria) ; Théâtre de Liège (Belgium) ; Théâtre National de Bretagne, Centre dramatique national ; Festival d’Avignon ; Les Hommes Approximatifs
Supported by Odéon - Théâtre de l’Europe, Théâtre Ouvert - Centre national des dramaturgies contemporaines (CNDC), Maison Jacques Copeau, Musée des Beaux-arts et de la Dentelle d'Alençon, l’Atelier-Conservatoire National du Point d'Alençon, l’Institut Français de New Delhi et l’Alliance française de Mumbai
Premiere May 2024, Wiener Festwochen | Freie Republik Wien
