Théâtre National de Bretagne
Direction Arthur Nauzyciel
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Running time 4h
with intermission
Creation at TNB (Sept 2023) and on tour 2024
Available on tour mid-March – Apr 2025 ; Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
Published in 1961, at the height of the Algerian War (1954-1962), Les Paravents, considered by Genet to be "the pinnacle of his theatrical work", had to wait until 1966 before being staged in Paris, where it caused a huge scandal.
The play is certainly one of the founding pillars of contemporary French theatre. Roger Blin premiered Les Paravents at the Théâtre de l'Odéon in 1966, and it caused a huge scandal, with some people seeing it as an offense to France. Set in an Arab country colonised by Europeans, its starting point is the mirroring and chaos of the Algerian war. With this epic and insolent fresco, which brings together a hundred characters, Genet thwarts and disturbs our codes and expectations. In a unique language, he sweeps us away and illuminates the world of the dead and the world of the living in a series of tableaux that make up a fascinating political and poetic ritual. 60 years after its creation, 16 actors and actresses form this human community that also tells a story of immigration in France.
After La Dame aux camélias and Mes frères, Arthur Nauzyciel presents his 3rd production in Rennes. He returns to Jean Genet, whose Splendid's he staged in 2015. Writer, poet and one of the twentieth century's leading authors, Jean Genet, the "irredeemable" praised by Cocteau and Sartre, created a powerful, sensual and moving body of work that gave voice and body to the marginalised and excluded.
Running time 4h
with intermission
With
HINDA ABDELAOUI
ZBEIDA BELHAJAMOR
MOHAMED BOUADLA
AYMEN BOUCHOU
OCÉANE CAÏRATY
MARIE-SOPHIE FERDANE
XAVIER GALLAIS
HAMMOU GRAÏA
ROMAIN GY
JAN HAMMENECKER
BRAHIM KOUTARI
BENICIA MAKENGELE
MOUNIR MARGOUM
FARIDA RAHOUADJ
MAXIME THÉBAULT
CATHERINE VUILLEZ
And the voice of
FRÉDÉRIC PIERROT
Text
JEAN GENET
Direction
ARTHUR NAUZYCIEL
Assistant director
CONSTANCE DE SAINT REMY
THÉO HEUGEBAERT
Dramaturgy
LEILA ADHAM
Choreography
DAMIEN JALET
Lighting design
SCOTT ZIELINSKI
Set design and accessories
RICCARDO HERNÁNDEZ
With the collaboration of
LÉA TUBIANA
Sculpture
ALAIN BURKHART
Sculpture assistant
JEANNE LEBLON DELIENNE
Sound
XAVIER JACQUOT
Video
PIERRE-ALAIN GIRAUD
Costumes, make-up, hairstyles, and paintings on djellabas
JOSÉ LÉVY
Costume assistant
MARION RÉGNIER
Hair and make-up
AGNÈS DUPOIRIER
Hair and make-up assistant
ANGÈLE HUMEAU
Casting
BÉNÉDICTE GUIHO
Physical training
JEAN-BAPTISTE ANDRÉ
Set production
ATELIERS DU THÉÂTRE DU NORD
Costume production
ATELIERS DU THÉÂTRE NATIONAL DE BRETAGNE
General management
JEAN-LUC BRIAND
Lighting technician
CHRISTOPHE DELARUE
Sound technician
FLORENT DALMAS
Stage manager
ANTOINE GIRAUD-ROGER
QUENTIN VIANDIER
Video technician
STÉPHANE POUGNAND
Dressing
CHARLOTTE GILLARD
Accessories
FANNY MARTEL
Thanks to Albert Dichy, Charles Nauciel et Frédéric Pierrot
With thanks to all the team that were part of this creation: Valéry Deffrennes, François Aupée, Marine Baney, Isabelle Beaudouin, Éric Becdelièvre, Bernard Boet, Nicolas Brosseau, Christophe Camus, Pierre Chollet, Manon David, Diane Dekerle, Emmanuelle Dessoude, Valentine Digois Le Goux, Sébastien Geslot, Florian Gros, Mathieu Hameau, Vanille Hurel, Béatrice Laisné, Kevin Lebon, Armelle Lucas, Philippe Marie, Carole Martinière, Florence Messe, Baptiste Michel, Cédric Miclet, Clémentine Monsaingeon, Bruno Nicolle, Suzanne Parent, Elsa Provensal, Sylvain Saysana, Alisson Schmitt
as well as the core team at TNB
Production: Théâtre National de Bretagne, Rennes. Coproduction: Maison de la Culture d’Amiens. With the artistic participation of the Jeune Théâtre National, and the professional integration fund of École du Nord supported by région Hauts-de-France and ministère de la Culture and the support by l'École de la Comédie de St-Étienne / DIÈSE # Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- Mer 29 mai19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Jeu 30 mai19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Ven 31 mai19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Sam 01 juin19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Dim 02 juin15h00 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Jeu 06 juin19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Ven 07 juin19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Sam 08 juin19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Dim 09 juin15h00 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Mar 11 juin19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Mer 12 juin19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Jeu 13 juin19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Ven 14 juin19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Sam 15 juin19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Dim 16 juin15h00 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Mar 18 juin19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
- Mer 19 juin19h30 — Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris