Kingdom
written and directed by Anne-Cécile Vandalem Das Fräulein (Kompanie) freely inspired by Braguino by Clément Cogitore
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- 31/03 and 01/04/23
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- Montjuïc. Sala Fabià Puigserver
Show completed
Timetable
19:00
Running time
1 h 40'
Place
Sala Fabià Puigserver
Language
In French with Catalan and English subtitles
Price
€10 - €29
Description
This is the third part of a trilogy by Anne-Cécile Vandalem about the failure of Western civilisation, now experienced by children in the Siberian taiga.
Kingdom is an epic fable about land distribution, original sin, the story that was never written, the return to life in nature, passers-by, eyes turned toward the river, internecine wars, helicopters, poachers, fires…
Based on real events, it features two families who are fed up with civilisation who happily move to the Siberian taiga. But even this paradise is destined not to last: mistrust, jealousy and greed soon besiege them and lead to conflict, clashes and destruction. The way the land is distributed comes to be viewed as unfair, and fate seems to go against one of the two families. The customs of one and the practices of the other endanger the already delicate balance of this new society, until one day a wall is built between the two families: a declaration of war. A few metres from the battlefield, the children watch as their world disappears. The tragedy is explained from the vantage point of a filmmaker…
It is a parable about the impossibility of living in peace from the perspective of the children: born into a world devasted by adults, they have to build the future over a ruined utopia.
Anne-Cécile Vandalem founded Das Fräulein (Kompanie) in 2008, and her most recent plays are Tristesses (Théâtre de Liège, 2016) and Arctique (Théâtre National de Belgique, 2018), which were invited to the Avignon Festival and the FIND at the Berlin Schaubühne. She has also produced sound and multimedia installations and performance projects in public spaces.
WHAT PRESS SAID
"This is the story of a failure, of a Rousseaunian dream that clashes with the realities and hardness of nature, with hostile cousins, disturbing poachers. A dream that clashes with the human constants that we will always find, of all time and even on the other side of the world, wherever we go. [...] A permanent tension, an oppressive anxiety and anguish made an atmosphere that says more than words. [...] It’s still like a feeling of not being in the theater and magically observing this family as they live life and their torments in a desolate corner of Siberia."
Le bruitduoff tribune - Jean-Louis Blanc
"The staging of Anne-Cécile Vandalem uses all possible modalities of the scenic device to restore the murky beauty of the impossible community and the atmosphere of the Taiga'. [...] The game of actors, all excellent, make live the terrible mechanisms that contribute to the disaster."
M La Scène - Marie-Laure Barbaud
WHAT PRESS SAID
"This is the story of a failure, of a Rousseaunian dream that clashes with the realities and hardness of nature, with hostile cousins, disturbing poachers. A dream that clashes with the human constants that we will always find, of all time and even on the other side of the world, wherever we go. [...] The staging and in particular the remarkable sound and musical accompaniment of Vincent Cahay and Pierre Kisling creates throughout the piece a permanent tension, an oppressive anxiety and anguish, an atmosphere that says more than words. [...] We will remember the moving and nuanced interpretation of the performers and, in particular, that of the four children who do not seem to play a role, who naturally live their childish lives with freshness and spontaneity, as the two dogs -Ice and Oméga- who live their life on stage without restrictions. It’s still like a feeling of not being in the theater and magically observing this family as they live life and their torments in a desolate corner of Siberia."
Le bruitduoff tribune - Jean-Louis Blanc
"The staging of Anne-Cécile Vandalem uses all possible modalities of the scenic device to restore the murky beauty of the impossible community and the atmosphere of the Taiga'. The camera captures the intimacy of the family unit. It captures the fears, the things that are not said, the madness of the beliefs that are taken for real. To these scenes of interiors filmed at the height of children are added or opposed scenes of dreamlike or violent exteriors. The music composed by Vincent Cahay and Pierre Kissling feeds the scenography of sound elements in echo. Crackles in the branches, crackles of vegetables, snaps of blinds thicken the material of what is shown. The game of actors, all excellent, make live the terrible mechanisms that contribute to the disaster."
M La Scène - Marie-Laure Barbaud
Schedule
CAST
Arnaud Botman
Laurent Caron
Philippe Grand’Henry
Épona Guillaume
Zoé Kovacs
CAMERAS
Federico D’Ambrosio
Leonor Malamatenios
CHILDREN
Juliette Goossens/Ida Mühleck
Léa Swaeles/Léonie Chaidron
Daryna Melnyk/Eulalie Poucet
Isaac Mathot/Noa Staes
DOGS
Judy
Olrùn
Oméga
MUSICIAN
Pierre Kissling/Vincent Cahay
DRAMATURGY
Sarah Seignobosc
SETTING
Ruimtevaarders
DIRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Federico D’Ambrosio
COSTUMES
Laurence Hermant
MAKE UP
Sophie Carlier
LIGHTING
Amélie Géhin
VIDEO
Frédéric Nicaise
SOUND
Antoine Bourgain
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Vincent Cahay i Pierre Kissling
DIRECTOR ASSISTANTS
Pauline Ringeade and Mahlia Theismann
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Damien Arrii
PROPS
Philippe Vasseur
CHILDREN'S COACHES
Julia Huet and Camille Léonard
ANIMAL TRAINER
Victorine Reinewald
LIGHT TECHNICIAN
Hadrien Jeangette
STAGE MANAGER
Baptiste Wattier
COSTUMES
Samira Benali
SUBTITLES
Erik Borgman – Werkhuis
MEDIA RELATIONS
Dorothée Duplan, Camille Pierrepont and Fiona Defolny, assisted by Louise Dubreil
CHILDREN COMPANION
Anne Lahousse
ADMINISTRATION
Lila Pérès
MANAGEMENT
Daria Bubalo
ROAD MANAGER AND COMMUNICATION
Jill De Muelenaere
HEAD OF PRODUCTION AND ADMINISTRATION
Audrey Brooking and Eva Wilsens
SET UP MADE BY
Théâtre de Liège [BE] atelier and Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles [BE] ateliers.
COSTUMES MADE BY
Tallers del Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles [BE]
THANKS TO
L’usine [BE], Compagnie Point Zéro [BE] i Projection Room [BE]
Anne-Cécile Vandalem and the team of Das Fräulein (Kompanie) would like to thank for their contributions Marie Charrieau, Fabrice Adde, Jean-Baptiste Szezot, Yoann Blanc, Alexandre Michel , Sophie Jaskulski, Cathy Grosjean, Brigitte Dedry, Anne Marie Loop, Euridike De Beul, Isis Guillaume, Séléné Guillaume, Juliette Challet, Adèle Pinckaers, Matteo, Arsène Claus Depré, Lionel Naessens, Isidore Poniris, Lionel Heymans, Maxim Daish, Léonard Blart, Méroé Guillaume, Aliénor Guillaume, Eurydice Guillaume, Céline Gaudier, Sarah Vanhee, Dominique Roodthooft, Patrick Corillon, Sébastien Monfé, Charlotte Siokos, Kevin Sage, Eva Choudhna, Cyril Aribaud, Grégory Pierrot, Michel Van Slijpe, Françoise Vandalem, Stéphane Olivier, Benoit Hennaut, Jean-Christophe Brianchon, Casting Tails, Ministar, Katodix/Bloody Mary’s, Marie Augustin, Samuel Joris and Félix Barrel, the Théâtre de Liège and the Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles teams.
MENTION
The triloy (Tristesses, Arctique, Kingdom) is published by Actes Sud-Papiers
CO-PRODUCCIÓN
Das Fräulein (Kompanie), Théâtre de Liège [BE], Festival d’Avignon [FR], Théâtre National Wallonie - Bruxelles [BE], Odéon - Théâtre de l’Europe [FR], Le Volcan – scène nationale du Havre [FR], Théâtre du Nord – CDN [FR], Théâtre de Lorient – CDN [FR], Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg [LU], Théâtre de Namur [BE], Le Quai - CDN d’Angers [FR], Les Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon [FR], Maison de la culture de Tournai – maison de création [BE] and La Coop asbl & Shelter Prod [BE]
SUPPORTED BY
Taxshelter.be, ING, tax-shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – service théâtre, Loterie nationale
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