Frankenstein
Mary Shelley, Jan-Christoph Gockel & Peachesandrooster
It’s in 1816 that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, an ambitious text, a master work from a young romantic feminist. At the heart of the short story, Baron Viktor Frankenstein bestows life on a strange creature in his laboratory. Made up of the flesh from dead bodies, “the monster” is rejected by his creator, frightened by so much ugliness.
Adapted many times in film and on stage, Frankenstein is a mainstay of popular culture. It’s a humanist work that deals with the themes of innocence, loneliness, love, injustice and the abuses of science and progress… Sublime material that Jan-Christoph Gockel and his long time colleague, puppeteer Michael Pietsch have made their own.
Presiding over the production is a six meter high puppet, a heterogeneous being composed of a multitude of objects either provided by the public or gleaned from the artists’ lives. Fragments of stories and souvenirs, all connected to the artists or the public.
Accompanied by Anton Berman’s live music on stage, the artistic team delivers a poetic Frankenstein, where the linguistic diversity (English, French and German) is the final touch on a work of great finesse.
Calendar
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- 20:15
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- 20:15
introduction - 19:45
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- 19:30
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- 20:15
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- 20:15
Information
Language
FR, EN, DE — Surtitles EN, FR
Duration
100’
Venue
Grande salle
Surrounding the show
introduction 07.05.2019 - 19:45 (15')
Sound level
category 2
Cast
Text and direction
Jan-Christoph Gockel
From the novel by
« Frankenstein ; Or, The Modern Prometheus », Mary Shelley
Scenographer
Julia Kurzweg
Creator of puppets and puppeteer
Michael Pietsch
Costume design
Emilie Jonet
Sound design and musicians
Anton Berman
Light design
Jean-Jacques Deneumoustier
Dramaturgy
Cécile Michel
Direction assistant
Maxime Glaude
Set design assistant
Sarah Deppe, Julia Ippolito
Dramaturgy assistant
Irina Reinke
Translation and surtitles
Werkhuis sprl, Cécile Michel
With
Léone François, Anton Berman, Alfredo Cañavate, Bruce Ellison, Gustav Koenigs, Gianni La Rocca, Michael Pietsch (alternating with Laurenz Leky)
And
Lucas Hamblenne, Romain Gueudré, Pierre Ottinger
Special thanks to
Vincent Hennebicq
Stage Manager
Romain Gueudré
Light operator
Emily Brassier, Virgile Morel De Westgaver (intern)
Sound operator
Jeison Prado Rojas, Pawel Wnuczynski (intern)
Stage director and construction
Stéphanie Denoiseux, Lucas Hamblenne, Pierre Ottinger
Machines : conception and production
Frédéric Opdebeeck, Didier Rodot
Construction
Dominique Pierre, Yves Philippaerts, Pierre Jardon
Decoration
Eugènie Obolinski, Bruno Verlaet
Props
Sarah Deppe, Noémie Vanheste
Costume design
Nicole Moris, Nathalie Willems, Pauline Aschoff (intern)
Création Studio Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Production
Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Set construction and costumes
Ateliers du Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Co-production
Théâtre de Namur, Tandem scène nationale, le Manège Maubeuge, La Coop asbl, Shelter Prod
With the support of
taxshelter.be, ING & tax-shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge, Ambassade de la République fédérale d’Allemagne, Goethe-Institut
The show includes excerpt from
Frankenstein ou Le Prométhée moderne, préface de 1831 traduite de l’anglais par Patrick Drague, Collection folioplus classiques (n°145), 2008, © Editions Gallimard ;
Ciment de Heiner Muller, traduction de l’allemand par Jean-Pierre Morel, Editions de Minuit, 1991
With special thanks to those who participated in the collection and sharing of their objects and stories, thus contributing to the creation of the show.
