LE SONGE D'UNE NUIT D'ETE
William Shakespeare | Direction by Isabelle Pousseur
CREATION Théâtre National | CO-PRESENTATION Théâtre National – KVS | 13 > 28.01.2012 | TOERNEE GENERAL EN SEASON
Théâtre Abonnement Gourmand
Isabelle Pousseur stages exceptionally talented, rarely graceful African actors passionate about theatre. Inspired by Black Africa, with this play she wants to show us the incredible « elsewhere » from Shakespeare’s imagination.
In these troubled times where some would freeze the world into an imaginary identity, restrained to dull values, it’s a delight that theatre reminds us that life is movement, transformation, metamorphosis, miscegenation, even a true delight it is a play born centuries ago –Le Songe d’une nuit d’été–. Detaching yourself from its long tradition is needed in order to understand this play. Isabelle Pousseur lets the audience be carried along by the exceptionally talented, rarely graceful African actors passionate about theatre. Inspired by her meeting Black Africa which she didn’t know before and that keeps following her, she sees this play as an opportunity to put life instead of know-how, to transmit her feeling of exaltation to the audience. Furthermore she gives us her interpretation of the concept « elsewhere » from Shakespeare. And we, spectators, enjoy seeing these African actors, theatre lovers, love and leave each other, reconcile, act magically, lose their reason in the dark of the night to rediscover it at dawn.
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On the programme
BARAKSTAD / BIDONVILLEJMH Berckmans / Guy Dermul & Kaat De Windt | |
RAYMONDManu Riche, Dimitri Verhulst, | |
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