Jan 21Feb 06, 2027
OEDIPE/ANTIGONE STÉPHANE BRAUNSCHWEIG
BASED ON THE WORKS OF SOPHOCLES - OEDIPUS REX, OEDIPUS AND COLONUS AND ANTIGONE • ORIGINAL CREATION
L’AVEUGLEMENT DU POUVOIR FAUTEUR DE VIOLENCE ET DE DÉSORDRE DANS UNE TRILOGIE EN ÉCHO AU PRÉSENT.
The trilogy Oedipus Rex, Oedipus and Colonus and Antigone is less about Freud's famous “Oedipus complex”, and more about power and its excesses when it transforms into tyranny. When he discovers that he has committed the worst crimes and caused the suffering of his people, Oedipus, king of Thebes pierces his own eyes. This tragedy shows us not only a family curse that pushes fathers to kill their children, but also the failure of a hero who wrongly believed he could solve all problems through thought. In the midst of the violence, only Antigone and Ismene, daughters and sisters of Oedipus, resist the lure of power that drives men mad. Each in their own way show unwavering courage and humanity under the crushing weight of their fate.
Hugues Le Tanneur
Script Sophocle
Translation Leconte de Lisle
Adaptation, direction and scenography Stéphane Braunschweig
Artistic collaboration Anne-Françoise Benhamou
Collaboration on scenography Alexandre de Dardel
Lighting Marion Hewlett
Costumes Thibault Vancraenenbroeck
Sound Xavier Jacquot
Assistant direction Louise d’Ostuni
Featuring Jean-Baptiste Anoumon, Alexandra Blajovici, Laurent Caron, Thomas Condemine, Claude Duparfait, Alexandre Pallu, Ève Pereur, Gabor Pinter, Chloé Réjon
Distribution Didier Juillard
Administration and production AlterMachine / Elisabeth Le Coënt
Production Compagnie Pour un moment. Coproduction Théâtre de la Ville-Paris – Théâtre de Liège – Comédie de Genève – ThéâtredelaCité, CDN Toulouse Occitanie – Théâtre national de Nice – Théâtre GRRRANIT, Scène nationale, Belfort – Espace Michel-Simon, Noisy-le-Grand. La compagnie Pour un moment est conventionnée par le ministère de la Culture - direction générale de la création artistique.
