May 27May 31, 2026
Les jours de mon abandon
Elena Ferrante, Gaia Saitta

A MOTHER’S WORLD COLLAPSES AROUND HER, PLUNGING HER INTO A VIOLENT YET REDEMPTIVE CRISIS.
A transparent house, where only the metal frame remains visible. In this intimate, yet exposed space we witness the inner turmoil that engulfs Olga, forty-year-old mother of two, when she learns that her husband Mario is leaving her for a young woman. In her adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s work, Gaia Saitta shows us how this middle-class Italian woman is slowly overtaken by a kind of savagery surging up from the depths of her being. Once a model wife, conforming to society’s standards, she becomes violent, vulgar and unpredictable. No longer knowing day from night, forgetting if she has slept, she loses touch with all that keeps her tethered to reality, including her children. In the midst of this destructive whirlwind, Gaia Saitta goes beyond the cliches of middle-class family drama, taking a deconstructive, political, feminist approach.
Hugues Le Tanneur
« Un régal de finesse et d’intelligence au service des femmes, et à la mémoire de celles qui se sont perdues. » RTBF
Creation, adaptation and direction Gaia Saitta
Based on I giorni dell’abbandono by Elena Ferrante
Artistic cocreation Sarah Cuny, Mathieu Volpe, Jayson Batut
Script and dramaturgy Gaia Saitta, Mathieu Volpe
Scenography Paola Villani
Costumes design Frédérick Denis
Musical and sound design Ezequiel Menalled
Lighting design Amélie Géhin
Cast Jayson Batut, Flavie Dachy / Mathilde Karam, Gaia Saitta, Vitesse (the dog)
Production Théâtre national Wallonie-Bruxelles. Coproduction Kunstenfestivaldesarts – Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Teatro d’Europa – CSS Teatro stabile di innovazione del FVG – TNC-Teatre Nacional de Catalunya Barcelone – Théâtre de Namur – Le Manège Maubeuge – La Coop asbl – Shelter Prod. Avec le soutien du BAMP – Brussels Art Melting Pot asbl – Taxshelter.be – ING – Taxshelter du gouvernement fédéral Belge. I giorni dell’abbandono d’Elena Ferrante a été édité en 2002 par Edizioni E/O.
French without surtitles. Italian with surtitles.
Wed 27 May 2026
8:00 PM
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Thu 28 May 2026
8:00 PM
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Fri 29 May 2026
8:00 PM
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Sat 30 May 2026
8:00 PM
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Sun 31 May 2026
3:00 PM
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