Ciels
Cast and audience are enclosed together in the same secret space where decryption specialists listen to telephone and computer conversations from all over the world. A voice emerges, proclaiming the arrival of “gasping time” and stating “Parricides over here”. Is the voice somehow linked to the imminent terrorist attack that threatens eight big cities? And is the suicide of one of the code breakers a lead worth following?
The fourth part of Wajdi Mouawad’s quartet Le Sang des promesses, Ciels is also its counterpoint. Where Littoral, Incendies and Forêts brought the spectators into the maze of a past where ancient myths shed light on the characters’ quests, Ciels plunges us into a present that is constantly repeating itself, like the proverbial broken record, but at warp speed. In full mastery of his art, the playwright and director confines us in a microcosm of our world and, by means of a suspenseful narrative recounted by actors walking a veritable tightrope of risk, makes us aware of our profound powerlessness in the face of the violence and catastrophes we have created.
PRODUCED BY AU CARRÉ DE L’HYPOTÉNUSE + ABÉ CARRÉ CÉ CARRÉ – COMPAGNIES DE CRÉATION
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY WAJDI MOUAWAD
WITH JOHN ARNOLD + GEORGES BIGOT + VALÉRIE BLANCHON + OLIVIER CONSTANT + STANISLAS NORDEY + ON VIDEO GABRIEL ARCAND + VICTOR DESJARDINS AND THE VOICE OF BERTRAND CANTAT
DRAMATURGY: CHARLOTTE FARCET
ARTISTIC CONSULTANT: FRANÇOIS ISMERT
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: ALAIN ROY
SET DESIGN: EMMANUEL CLOLUS
COSTUME DESIGN: ISABELLE LARIVIÈRE
LIGHTING DESIGN: PHILIPPE BERTHOMÉ
MUSIC: MICHEL F. CÔTÉ
SOUND DESIGN: MICHEL MAURER
VIDEO: ADRIEN MONDOT
VIDEO DIRECTION: DOMINIQUE DAVIET
COPRODUCTION ESPACE MALRAUX SCÈNE NATIONALE DE CHAMBÉRY ET DE LA SAVOIE + THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS/CENTRE NATIONAL DES ARTS DU CANADA + LE GRAND T SCÈNE CONVENTIONNÉE LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE + CÉLESTINS THÉÂTRE DE LYON + LA COMÉDIE DE CLERMONT-FERRAND SCÈNE NATIONALE + THÉÂTRE NATIONAL DE TOULOUSE MIDI-PYRÉNÉES + MC2: GRENOBLE WITH THE SUPPORT OF SERVICE CULTUREL DU CONSULAT GÉNÉRAL DE FRANCE À QUÉBEC + 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 + CONSEIL DES ARTS DU CANADA + FONDS DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DE LA CRÉATION THÉÂTRALE CONTEMPORAINE + RÉGION RHÔNE-ALPES + DRAC ÎLE-DE-FRANCE/MINISTÈRE DE LA CULTURE ET DE LA COMMUNICATION + L’HEXAGONE SCÈNE NATIONALE DE MEYLAN + CULTURESFRANCE
PRESENTED BY FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES
IN ASSOCIATION WITH PLACE DES ARTS + CARREFOUR INTERNATIONAL DE THÉÂTRE DE QUÉBEC + THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS/CENTRE NATIONAL DES ARTS DU CANADA
REDACTION: PAUL LEFEBVRE
TRADUCTION: NEIL KROETSCH
WAJDI MOUAWAD (PARIS+MONTRÉAL)
AU CARRÉ DE L'HYPOTÉNUSE + ABÉ CARRÉ CÉ CARRÉ
Since graduating from the National Theatre School of Canada, Wajdi Mouawad has been pursuing a four-pronged career as an actor, playwright, director and producer, sometimes assuming all four duties in the same piece, as was the case for Willy Protagoras enfermé dans les toilettes (1998), produced like most of his previous plays by Théâtre Ô Parleur, which he founded with Isabelle Leblanc. In 2000 he was appointed artistic director of Théâtre de Quat’ Sous, where he mounted a memorable Trainspotting (1998).
