NOUS ÉTIONS ASSIS SUR LE RIVAGE DU MONDE…
A French citizen originally from Bénin, José Pliya imposes a violently sensual and powerfully poetic style in this play. Simple and lyrical and employing superb language, it addresses the abyss between men and women, between the past and the present. Can we ever go back home? Can we make a fresh start? Are homecomings a good idea?
The play poses these questions. Under a harsh and brutal sun he orchestrates a terribly human duel fraught with unbearable gentleness and alluring violence that takes place aside a stirring, ever-changing sea, with its never-ending desire to demolish the shoreline of the world. Accompanied by Caribbean actors, Denis Marleau is back with a work of beauty and vigour that reveals the body and its inner urges, the occupation of lands and memories.
TEXT
JOSÉ PLIYA
DIRECTION AND SET DESIGN
DENIS MARLEAU
ARTISTIC COLLABORATOR
STÉPHANIE JASMIN
COSTUME DESIGN
DANIEL FORTIN
LIGHTING DESIGN
MARC PARENT
SOUND DESIGN
NANCY TOBIN
CAST
NICOLE DOGUÉ
RUDDY SYLAIRE
ÉRIC DELOR
MYLÈNE WAGRAM
COPRODUCERS
THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DU CENTRE NATIONAL DES ARTS, FESTIVAL DE THÉÂTRE DES AMÉRIQUES, FESTIVAL LES FRANCOPHONIES EN LIMOUSIN, C. C. R. – FOND SAINT-JACQUES
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
MINISTÈRE DE LA CULTURE ET DE LA COMMUNICATION – DRAC MARTINIQUE
CONSEIL RÉGIONAL DE LA MARTINIQUE
ETC_CARAÏBE
CONSULAT GÉNÉRAL DE FRANCE À QUÉBEC
