Apr 23May 07, 2024
ZOO OU L’ASSASSIN PHILANTHROPE
Vercors, Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota
A NEW PRODUCTION AND NEW DRAMATURGY IN COLLABORATION WITH DORCY RUGAMBA, COINCIDING WITH THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSIS IN RWANDA (1994-2024).
The controversy is fascinating and profound, defying the imagination. Zoo stands as a challenge to our humanity, going back to the origins of the human race. The play follows a police and judicial investigation, extending to questions on the concept of race and certain dubious corollaries. Ultimately the survival of the industrial economy hangs on the verdict. The novel by Vercors, written in 1952 in the aftermath of WWII and revelations of the atrocities of the war, was ahead of its time, in the style of visionary and dystopic tales, anticipating issues related to anthropocentrism and transhumanism that now challenge the world today.
A performance in realms imagined and real, offering food for thought and dreams. TÉLÉRAMA Dramatic art in beauty to serve thought. LA TERRASSE A brilliant adaptation of a humanist fable. LES ÉCHOS
A performance in realms imagined and real, offering food for thought and dreams . TÉLÉRAMA
Fifty years on, Vercors' call to resistance remains clear . LE MONDE
A brilliant adaptation of a humanist fable . LES ÉCHOS
Dramatic art in beauty to serve thought . LA TERRASSE
Représentation en audiodescription
JEU. 2 MAI | 20H
Text
Vercors
Direction
Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota
From « Zoo ou l’Assassin philanthrope » and « Les Animaux dénaturés » by Vercors Direction Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota Direction assistant Julie Peigné Artistic collaborators Christophe Lemaire, François Regnault Scientific advisors Carine Karachi, Jean Audouze, Marie-Christine Maurel, Georges Chapouthier Scénography Yves Collet, Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota Lightning Christophe Lemaire, Yves Collet Music Arman Méliès Costumes Fanny Brouste Suond design Flavien Gaudon Video Renaud Rubiano Masks Anne Leray Make-up and hairstyles Catherine Nicolas Accessories Erik Jourdil
With Marie-France Alvarez, Charles-Roger Bour, Céline Carrère, Jauris Casanova, Valérie Dashwood, Anne Duverneuil, Sarah Karbasnikoff, Stéphane Krähenbühl, Gérald Maillet, Ludovic Parfait Goma, Mathias Zakhar
PERFORMANCE WITH AUDIO DESCRIPTION
Thursday MAY 2 | 8:00PM
PRODUCTION Théâtre de la Ville-Paris. COPRODUCTION Musée d’Orsay.
