NAC French Theatre: 2011-2012 Season
Nous ne sommes pas dangereux
Des femmes - The Complete Cycle
Saturday - Sunday | NAC Theatre
April 28 - April 29 2012
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LES TRACHINIENNES + ANTIGONE + ÉLECTRE
Presented in French.
LES TRACHINIENNES
Deianira is warned by her son Hyllus of the impending return of her husband Heracles. Upon learning that her husband is in love with another woman, Deianira dyes a tunic with the blood of the centaur Nessus who, insisting that it is a love charm, claims it will keep Heracles forever faithful. But the tunic is poisoned. Shortly after realizing her mistake, Deianira kills herself while Heracles indeed dies, as foretold by the oracle, killed by someone who is already dead.
Her love, as capacious as her pain and sorrow, leads to her ruin. Deianira is the story of death by love.
ANTIGONE
In order to bury her brother Polynices and honour him with a funeral, Antigone defies a decree imposed by Creon, king of Thebes. He condemns Antigone and has her entombed, despite the supplications of Haimon, his son and Antigone’s fiancé. The predictions made by the blind soothsayer Tieresias about impending calamity cause Creon to change his mind but alas, it too late, for both Antigone and Haimon have committed suicide.
Raising questions about justice and reconciliation, Antigone is “made to love, not to hate”.
ÉLECTRE
Electra lives miserably under the yoke of her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus, both of whom murdered Electra’s father Agamemnon. She has lost all hope of joining with her exiled brother Orestes to avenge her father’s death, as a messenger has just announced the death of Orestes. Misled by this ruse, Electra sinks into despair until Orestes reveals his disguise. Brother and sister are reunited at last and take their revenge.
Justice is a sham. The only way Electra can be delivered from her suffering is through vengeance.
Moral
Is women’s power a gift from the gods?
Is men’s power an imitation of divinity?
Through their sacrifice, Antigone, Electra and Deianira glorify Freedom,
Which can only survive if it is universally respected.
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Design Team
Script: Sophocles
Translation: Robert Davreu (published by Actes Sud-Papiers)
Director: Wajdi Mouawad
Assistant Director: Alain Roy
Consultant: François Ismert
Set Design: Emmanuel Clolus
Costumes: Isabelle Larivière, assisted by Cécile Recoquillon
Lighting: Éric Champoux, assisted by Éric Le Brec’h
Original Music: Bertrand Cantat, Bernard Falaise, Pascal Humbert, Alexander MacSween
Soundscape: Michel Maurer, assisted by Olivier Renet
Hair & Makeup: Angelo Barsetti
Cast
Olivier Constant
Samuël Côté
Sylvie Drapeau
Bernard Falaise
Charlotte Farcet
Benoît Lugué
Hamadoum Kassogué
Patrick Le Mauff
Sara Llorca
Guillaume Perron
Marie-Ève Perron
Igor Quezada
Richard Thériault
Technical Team
Production & Tour Manager: Maryse Beauchesne
Technical & Lighting Director: Éric Le Brec’h
Sound Technician: Olivier Renet
Sound Engineer: Eddy Josse or Matthieu Le Failler
Stage Manager: Éric Morel
Dresser: Emmanuelle Thomas
Produced by: Au Carré de l’Hypoténuse (France), Abé Carré Cé Carré (Quebec)
Co-produced by: Théâtre français, National Arts Centre (Ottawa), Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, Célestins Théâtre de Lyon, Théâtres départementaux de la Réunion, Mons 2015-Capitale européenne de la Culture, Théâtre Royal de Namur, Le Manège-Centre dramatique de Mons, Le Grand T Nantes scène conventionnée Loire-Atlantique, Comédie de Genève, Maison de la Culture de Bourges Scène nationale (supported by the Ministry of Culture and Communication – région Centre, conseil général du Cher, city of Bourges) plus the Avignon Festival and the Athens Festival, as part of the Kadmos network
Additional Support: Espace Malraux Scène nationale de Chambéry, Théâtre 71 Scène nationale de Malakoff, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (Montreal), Ministère de la Culture des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Ministère des Relations internationales du Québec, Fonds franco-québecois de coopération décentralisée et du Service de Coopération et d’Action culturelle, Consulate General of France in Quebec City
With the participation of: Théâtre national de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées and the Délégation générale du Québec à Paris.
Wajdi Mouawad is an associate artist at Grand T