Nov 29Dec 06, 2023
EXTINCTION
Thomas Bernhard, Arthur Schnitzler, Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, Julien Gosselin • Creation / SI VOUS POUVIEZ LÉCHER MON COEUR / VOLKSBÜHNE AM ROSA-LUXEMBURG-PLATZ

VIENNA AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY WAS A CITY OF ARTISTS, INTELLECTUALS AND SCIENTISTS. BUT SOON, WITH THE WINDS OF CHANGE, THAT WORLD WOULD COLLAPSE.
Vienna. Year Zero. Europe was faltering, its foundations shaking. Arthur Schnitzler and Sigmund Freud crossed paths. Later, after the Second World War, after the Holocaust, Europe endeavored to recover. In Extinction by Thomas Bernhard, the main character, unnamed, decides to leave Vienna for Rome. Thomas Bernhard is uncompromisingly critical of his peers. For his new work, Julien Gosselin has chosen the title Extinction. It is a matter of addressing the present, shedding the weight of the past, no longer looking back, moving forward, even without knowing which way to go. No longer do all roads lead to Rome. Disaster is nigh. Salvation can come from only one form of anger.
Overtitled in French
Text Thomas Bernhard, Arthur Schnitzler, Hugo Von Hofmannsthal Adaptation & direction Julien Gosselin
Scenography Lisetta Buccellato Dramaturgy Eddy D’aranjo, Johanna Höhmann Music Guillaume Bachelé, Maxence Vandevelde Translation Anne Pernas, Francesca Spinazzi (Panthea) Lighting design Nicolas Joubert Video Jérémie Bernaert, Pierre Martin Oriol Sound design Julien Feryn Costumes Caroline Tavernier Video operators Jérémie Bernaert, Baudoin Rencurel With participation from all sections of Si vous pouviez lécher mon coeur and the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
With Guillaume Bachelé, Joseph Drouet, Denis Eyriey, Carine Goron, Zarah Kofler, Rosa Lembeck, Max Von Mechow, Victoria Quesnel, Marie Rosa Tietjen, Maxence Vandevelde
PRODUCTION Si vous pouviez lécher mon cœur – Volksbühne Am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. COPRODUCTION Wiener Fest-wochen – Le Phénix, scène nationale de Valenciennes, pôle européen de création – Printemps des comédiens, Montpellier – Festival d’Automne à Paris – Festival d’Avignon – Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers – Théâtre de la Ville- Paris – Maison de la culture d’Amiens – De Singel Anvers... (to be finalized). WITH AID FROM Ministry of Culture. WITH THE ARTISTIC PARTICIPATION OF Jeune Théâtre National. WITH SUPPORT FROM Le Channel, scène nationale de Calais – L’Odéon, Théâtre de l’Europe. Julien Gosselin and Si vous pouviez lécher mon cœur are associated artists at the pôle européen de création Le Phénix, scène nationale de Valenciennes, and the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers. Julien Gosselin is associate artist at the Volksbühne Berlin. Si vous pouviez lécher mon cœur is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Communication-DRAC Hauts-de-France and the region Hauts-de-France. JOINTLY PRODUCED BY Théâtre de la Ville-Paris – Festival d’Automne à Paris – Nanterre-Amandiers, centre dramatique national. Thomas Bernhard is represented by L’ARCHE-agence théâtrale (www.arche-editeur.com).


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