Programme Sens Interdits 2015 - English Version by Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon

RUSSIA / ARGENTINA / BELGIUM / GERMANY / ISRAEL / CHILE / SWITZERLAND / RWANDA / FRANCE / ITALY / POLAND / BELARUS / NETHERLANDS / LITHUANIA

INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL 4TH EDITION

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OCTOBER 20 TO 28, 2015 LYON MÉTROPOLE SENSINTERDITS.ORG

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MEMORIES, IDENTITIES, RESISTANCES Resolutely metropolitan, Sens Interdits returns with 15 shows from 14 countries with the cooperation of 15 partner theaters. The performers will address our ever-more violent world with humour, tenderness and anger, and they will revisit places of memory and worlds which have disappeared, such as Indochina, Yugoslavia and Rwanda as well as the borderlands such as Lampedusa and Calais and the streets of our cities upon which migrants and the downtrodden are stranded. But this production is above all a theatre piece, a theatre of urgency which enlightens feeds and enriches us with its diversity, and its generous nature offers hope for the future.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Patrick Penot, Artistic Director

SIaСОНЕЧКИ RUSСОН

SONIA’S DREAM CREATION

DIRECTED BY TATIANA FROLOVA / THÉÂTRE KNAM BASED ON THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN BY FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY

With Elena Bessonova, Dmitry Bocharov, Vladimir Dmitriev Translation and subtitling Bleuenn Isambard — Lighting and video design Tatiana Frolova — Sound design Vladimir Smirnov

with ×French ×In Russian, subtitles Running time 1hr 30 mins

CÉLESTINS, THÉÂTRE DE LYON

October 20, 21 and 23 at 8:30 pm October 22 at 7 pm Tariff 2

The Théâtre KnAM, a laboratory of documentary and political theatre seeking new forms of stage sets, continues its exploration of the work of Dostoyevsky with this audacious adaptation of one of his final novella. From composite materials, Tatiana Frolova creates a powerful and troubling polyphony of images which challenges the spectator to consider the value of human life. This voyage to the end of loneliness and isolation is delivered with impressive theatrical acuity and force.

Production Théâtre KnAM – Russie — Coproduction Célestins – Théâtre de Lyon, Festival Sens Interdits — Executive production Célestins – Théâtre de Lyon — Supported by Gouvernement de la Région de Khabarovsk, Ministère de la Culture de la Région de Khabarovsk (Russie) and Onda - Office national de diffusion artistique

Offstage (see page 34 / 35) Film KnAM sur Amour by Bleuenn Isambard and Maciej Patronik In the marquee, Thursday October 22 at 9 pm Meeting / debate Official history versus individual experiences: when theater re-interrogates memories In the marquee, Saturday October 24 at 5 pm

Ly A IT GMGS_WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPINESS? COLLECTIVE CREATION CODICE IVAN (ANNA DESTEFANIS, LEONARDO MAZZI, BENNO STEINEGGER)

With Anna Destefanis, Leonardo Mazzi, Benno Steinegger Scenic design Codice Ivan — Music Private Culture

Production Codice Ivan — Coproduction Centrale Fies, Contemporanea Festival Prato, FAF (Firenze) — Co-organised with Théâtre de Vénissieux In collaboration with Fondazione del Teatro Stabile di Torino/Prospettiva Supported by FAF (Firenze), Contemporanea Festival/Teatro Metastasio Stabile della Toscana and Institut Culturel Italien de Lyon

and ×English, ×In Italian with French subtitles Running time 1hr

THÉÂTRE DE VÉNISSIEUX

October 20 at 8:30 pm Tariff 3 Offstage Meet the artists After the performance

Who today could claim that they are not guided by the pursuit of happiness? What lies behind this hackneyed, misused and over-used term? What price are we prepared to pay to experience it? And what sacrifices are we prepared to make to get closer to this Holy Grail? The Codice Ivan company explores these questions in humorous fashion in a performance which references both agitprop and pop culture. Using placards set up on stage, like popular demonstrations, or chalked protests on the ground, a critique of consumer society is drawn in which the phenomenon of happiness would appear to be reduced to simply satisfying desires. These questions, phrases and statements reveal the somewhat over-stated links between our material needs and our personal well-being. By refusing to consider happiness as a private objective, the performers unfurl the social and political challenges of this eternal quest in a performance which oscillates between hopeless rage and scathing irony.

BELGIum

THE PEOPLE I HAVE MET MAY NOT EVEN HAVE SEEN ME

PREVIEW

CONCEPTION AND DIRECTON NIMIS GROUPE (DAVID BOTBOL, ROMAIN DAVID, JÉRÔME DE FALLOISE, YAËL STEINMANN, ANNE-SOPHIE STERCK, SARAH TESTA, ANJA TILLBERG)

With David Botbol, Romain David, Jérôme de Falloise, Yaël Steinmann, Anne-Sophie Sterck, Sarah Testa, Anja Tillberg and 6 amateurs Texts NIMIS Groupe in collaboration with 6 amateurs — Lighting design Alice Dussart Video design Yaël Steinmann — Props Dominique Chenut Assistant director Sarah Hebborn and Pierrick De Luca

Production NIMIS Groupe — Coproduction Festival Sens Interdits, Groupov, Théâtre National Bruxelles, La Chaufferie-Acte1, Festival Paroles d’Hommes, Arsenic2 Co-organised with Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse — Supported by Wallonie Bruxelles International, Festival de Liège, Théâtre de Liège, Théâtre national de Bretagne, Migreurop, Université de Liège, ESACT (Liège), La Halte (Liège) and Bij Creation on 19th January 2016 in Théâtre National - Bruxelles

Running time 1hr 40 mins

THÉÂTRE DE LA CROIX-ROUSSE

October 21 and 22 at 8 pm Tariff 1 Offstage (see page 34 / 35) Reading Vraiment un homme à Sangatte by Lancelot Hamelin With students from the Conservatoire de Lyon In the marquee, Wednesday October 21 at 6 pm CHRD, Thursday October 22 at 6:30 pm Meet the artists After the performance Wednesday October 21 and Thursday October 22 Meeting / debate Theatrical creation under the threat of exclusion In the marquee, Friday October 23 at 6:30 pm

“Everyone has the right to life”. The fact that this is stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says nothing about the way in which European countries interpret it, and nor does it address the question of how it fits in with the reality of migration experienced by the world of today. After having met many asylum seekers, the Nimis Group, an actors’ collective comprising young performers from Belgium, France, Sweden and Switzerland, got to grips with this issue. The resulting piece takes the form of a theatrical fresco in which illegal immigrants rub shoulders with inhabitants, managers with migrants, traffickers with law-enforcement agencies, and it gives free rein to direct and sensitive language. Combining documentary theatre and political reflection, the collective observes European citizenship through the eyes of those who have it, those who decide who can have it and those who don’t have it. Denouncing, not without humour, the implacable reality of today’s migrations, can this micro-society withstand the complexity of the institutional colossus and the patterns of Western domination which surround us?

CHiLe YO MATÉ A PINOCHET

PREMIERE IN FRANCE

I KILLED PINOCHET

CONCEPTION CRISTIAN FLORES DIRECTION CRISTIAN FLORES AND ALFREDO BASAURE With Cristian Flores Scenic design Ricardo Romero — Sound design Juan Manuel Herrera

with ×French ×In Spanish, subtitles Running time 1hr 05 mins

THÉÂTRE DE L’ÉLYSÉE October 22 and 23 at 6 pm October 24 at 4 pm October 25 at 9 pm Tariff 3

Offstage (see page 34 / 35) Meeting / debate The theater: the people’s weapon? In the marquee, Sunday October 25 at 11 am

A former member of a revolutionary group marginalised by official history, Manolo attempts to restore meaning to his life and his struggle by declaring that he has assassinated Augusto Pinochet. The strong reactions of those around him draw him into an introspection which leads us to discover the pobladores, the popular districts in Chile devastated by years of dictatorship and social misery. His monologue revisits the recent history of Chile, from the deep scars left by the dictatorship through to the piercing regard he brings to bear on today’s society. By prompting reflection about the impotence of militancy, Yo Maté a Pinochet offers a poignant eye-witness account of the history of popular struggles and questions the relations between art and politics. Cristian Flores then develops his vision of a popular theatre resolutely anchored in the reality experienced by the world’s most disadvantaged populations. Supported by Onda - Office national de diffusion artistique

Théâtre rhapsodique La faim et les rêves, by Samuel Gallet In the marquee, Wednesday October 28 at 11 pm

NCE FRACAFI

BY VLADIA MERLET DIRECTED BY GEORGES BIGOT

With Vladia Merlet, Frédéric Laroussarie, David Cabiac Music David Cabiac — Lighting design Georges Bigot and Olivier Petitgas — Costume and props design Stéfany Valet

*CAFI = Center for French Indochinese refugees

Production and tour Le Bruit des Ombres — Coproduction Par les temps qui courent Company, Conseil général de la Dordogne, Acsé, Communauté de communes du Grand Villeneuvois — Executive production Festival Sens Interdits — Supported by Office artistique de la Région Aquitaine

Running time 1hr 30 mins

THÉÂTRE JEAN MARAIS SAINT-FONS

October 22 at 8:30 pm Special tariff (see page 36)

THÉÂTRE DE GIVORS

October 23 at 8:30 pm Special tariff (see page 36)

THÉÂTRE DES ASPHODÈLES

October 25 at 3 pm October 26 at 6 pm Tariff 3

LA MOUCHE SAINT-GENIS-LAVAL

October 27 at 8:30 pm Tariff 3 Offstage (see page 34 / 35) Photography exhibition Discover an exhibition about the CAFI and its French and Indochinese origins either before or after each performance at the various venues. After the performance A chance to meet the artists Friday October 23 Théâtre de Givors

April 1956. Louise, 9 years old, has a French father and Vietnamese mother who is described as “Eurasian”, and she leaves Indochina with her entire family on the boat the Captain Cook. The vessel is scuttled, but in their luggage are fragments of their world such as seeds, peppers, white maize, water bindweed and aubergine. But their arrival at this former military base, a temporary transit camp and barracks not designed to be used as homes, is sinister in mood, the welcome is brutal and what they discover is far removed from the pleasant realities they had imagined. By following Louise, from the time of her exile from Vietnam to her twilight years in the “Chinese camp” in the southwest of France, CAFI weaves the threads of history of the thousands of French people who are not altogether like other people as they are from Indochina. Louise helps us, often with humour, to feel the experience of these thousands of families who were repatriated from Indochina and elsewhere. This is a largely unknown piece of French history that is hidden behind the mask of French citizenship. It is not just the mere account of an individual’s destiny, it is also the story of the destiny of all migrants, immigrants, and indigenous people. The sober and inventive stage set bears the signature of Georges Bigot, an emblematic figure of the theatre and longtime actor alongside Ariane Mnouchkine in the Théâtre du Soleil.

switzerland HATE RRADIO wanda CONCEPT, TEXT AND DIRECTION MILO RAU With Afazali Dewaele, Sébastien Foucault, Diogène Ntarindwa, Bwanga Pilipili (live) and Estelle Marion, Nancy Nkusi (video)

Dramatist Jens Dietrich — Costume and scenic design Anton Lukas — Video design Marcel Bächtiger — Sound design Jens Baudisch — Assistant director Mascha Euchner-Martinez

In order to talk about the Rwandan genocide, Milo Rau and the members of the International Institute of Political Murder reconstruct a broadcast in the studio of the Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM). This radio station and its journalists constantly incited murder and racial hatred. Without explaining the mechanism which transformed certain citizens into killers, Hate Radio, interpreted by survivors of the genocide, endeavours to render palpable the atmosphere which prevailed in 1994.

×Kinyarwanda, ×In French and with French and English subtitles Running time 1hr 45 mins

CÉLESTINS, THÉÂTRE DE LYON Production IIPM – International Institute of Political Murder Coproduction Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin, Migros-Kulturprozent Suisse, Pro Helvetia – Fondation suisse pour la culture, Kulturamt St. Gallen, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Hebbel am Ufer – Berlin, Schlachthaus Theater Bern, Beursschouwburg – Bruxelles, Migros Museum – Zurich, Kaserne – Bâle, Südpol – Lucerne, Verbrecher Verlag – Berlin, Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre Supported by kulturelles.bl – Bâle, Amt für Kultur – Lucerne, Goethe Institut de Bruxelles, Goethe Institut de Johannesburg, Brussel Airlines, Spacial Solutions, Commission nationale de Lutte contre le Génocide (CNLG), Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED), Contact FM Kigali and BUKA Rwanda (Organisation regroupant les associations de victimes du génocide au Rwanda), Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB) and Fondation Friede Springer

October 22, 23 and 24 at 9 pm Tariff 1

CENTRE CULTUREL CHARLIE CHAPLIN VAULX-EN-VELIN October 27 and 28 at 8 pm Special tariff (see page 36)

Meeting / debate The Tutsi genocide in Rwanda: a retrospective study of a racist ideology Tuesday October 27 at 7 pm Centre culturel Charlie Chaplin

Offstage (see page 34 / 35)

ANCE FRRICTUS

CONCEPTION AND DIRECTION CHRISTOPHE « GARNIOUZE » LAFARGUE BASED ON THE SOLILOQUIES OF THE PAUPER BY JEHAN RICTUS

With Christophe « Garniouze » Lafargue Sound design and live music François Boutibou

A man dragging and pushing an office cabinet around like a modern-day Sisyphus leads us on a journey through his urban wanderings. In a monologue of acidic octosyllables, and to the beat of a bespoke musical accompaniment, Garniouze, a street-art veteran, reveals himself to be a timeless vagabond who denounces misery using forms of language, poetry and slang which echo each other. He speaks of the acrimony of despair and scathing humour of isolation, loneliness and exclusion he experiences on the street in our ever-more fractured society. It is to Jehan Rictus, a 19th century social poet, that we owe The Soliloquies of the Pauper, from which Garniouze drew inspiration when creating this, his first solo show. Written in 1897, the text is still highly topical and it denounces the same injustices as it did a century ago.

Executive production Le Phun — Supported by l’Usine - lieu conventionné dédié aux arts de la rue (Tournefeuille / Grand Toulouse), Pronomade(s) en Haute-Garonne - Centre national des arts de la rue, La Paperie - Centre national des arts de la rue (Angers), Usines Boinot - Centre national des arts de la rue (Niort)

Running time 1hr 30 mins

LES ATELIERS FRAPPAZ, CENTRE NATIONAL DES ARTS DE LA RUE October 24 at noon Free entry

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d n a L PO DISPLACED y n a m ger WOMEN S U R A L Be

PREMIERE IN FRANCE

DIRECTED BY MONIKA DOBROWLA S KA

BASED ON THE UNWOMANLY FACE OF WAR BY SVETLANA ALEXIEVITCH, ANONYMA. A WOMAN IN BERLIN AND BERLIN. MEMORIES OF POLISH FORCED LABORERS FROM THE CAPITAL OF THE THIRD REICH IN THE YEARS 1939-1945

With Svetlana Anikej, Monika Dawidziuk, Anna Poetter and Bartlomiej Oleś, Egor Zabelov (musicians) Adaptation Monika Dobrowlańska, Michał Walczak

Costume and scenic design Johanna Pfau — Music Bartlomiej Oleś Video design Jan Wagner

German, Polish ×and×InRussian, with French subtitles Running time 2hr 10 mins including an interval

THÉÂTRE DE LA RENAISSANCE

October 24 at 8 pm October 25 at 3 pm Tariff 3 Offstage (see page 34 / 35)

CHRD visit Women in World War Two CHRD, Wednesday October 21 and Saturday October 24, 3 pm Meeting / debate Official history versus individual experiences: when theater re-interrogates memories In the marquee, Saturday October 24 at 5 pm

Three women, three languages, three destinies. A German, a Pole and a Belarusian woman, all of whom are escapees from the traumas of the Second World War, recount their personal accounts of a past which is nevertheless common to them all. Each of them has been influenced in some way by their own country’s propaganda, and all three of them are pursuing the same objective - to break a fifty-year silence, to break the taboos of their own society, and to finally speak out. In turn, the actors become torturers, victims, conquerors or the defeated in a set of roles that confirms the impossibility of a single absolute truth and highlights a purely feminine look at war, conflict and the figure of the hero. Using witness statements, Displaced Women enlarges our collective memory by offering various fragile and touching statements in contrast to the stark official version of history that is used as a manipulative tool by political regimes. In creating “a place of memory”, Monika Dobrowlańska attempts to show that “great history” can never dominate and erase our individual memories.

Production Multicultural City Berlin and Institut Polonais de Berlin — In collaboration with Maxim Gorki Theater – Berlin — Supported by the Stiftung für deutsch-polnische Zusammenarbeit and Senatskanzlei für kulturelle Angelegenheiten Berlin — Institut Adam Mickiewicz de Varsovie, Onda Office national de diffusion artistique and Goethe Institut de Lyon

Netherlands SPEAK! CONCEPTION AND DIRECTION SANJA MITROVI With Sanja Mitrović et Jorre Vandenbussche Dramatist Jonas Rutgeerts — Scenic and lighting design Laurent Liefooghe & Christophe Antipas (LLAC architects) Sound design Luka Ivanović — Costume design Frédérick Denis

Two actors attempt to conquer the minds and hearts of the audience by repeating speeches made by historical figures from our political past. All of them bring a message of hope, either in an inclusive discourse that brings people together and creates a feeling of belonging, or in a deceptive discourse which masks the real intentions of the speaker. Without knowing who the original authors of these political texts are, from J. F. Kennedy to Saddam Hussein, the public votes to elect the person who is to be their representative. In this modern-day era in which the socio-economic crisis is compounded by a crisis of representation, SPEAK! takes a sceptical look at the power of rhetorical performance and the visions of the world it offers. By placing the emphasis on the power of words and the ease with which they can be manipulated, Sanja Mitrovic reminds us that the right to vote, the cornerstone of our democracy, is both precious and fragile. Production Stand Up Tall Productions (Amsterdam) — Coproduction Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Bruxelles) — Co-organised with Théâtre Nouvelle Génération - Centre dramatique national de Lyon In collaboration with Beursschouwburg (Bruxelles), Pianofabriek de Saint-Gilles (Bruxelles), Spring Festival d’Utrecht (Pays-Bas), STUK - Centre d’Art de Louvain (Belgique) — Supported by Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (Pays-Bas) and Performing Arts Fund (Pays-Bas)

with ×French ×In English, subtitles Running time 1hr

Théâtre Nouvelle Génération – LES ATELIERS

October 24 at 8:30 pm, October 25 and 26 at 6:30 pm Tariff 2 Offstage (see page 34 / 35)

Meeting / debate The theater: the people’s weapon? In the marquee, Sunday October 25 at 11 am

Meet the artists After the performance Saturday October 24

LGIUm bEOUTSIDE

CONCEPTION AND DIRECTION ANTOINE LAUBIN TEXT THOMAS DEPRYCK With Caroline Berliner, Coraline Clément, Denis Laujol, Jérôme Nayer, Hervé Piron, Renaud Van Camp Assistant director Christelle Alexandre — Lighting design Gaspard Samyn — Costume and scenic design Aurélie Forges Sound design David Vranken — Video design Sung-A Yoon

Running time 1hr 45 mins

LE TOBOGGAN DÉCINES

October 24 at 8:30 pm October 25 at 4 pm Tariff 3 Offstage (see page 34 / 35)

They are outside. They live outside. They sleep outside. Omnipresent in public spaces, the homeless are always outside. Through the character of the “tramp” and the appalling destitution which he portrays, the play, based on the research of Belgian sociologist Patrick Declerck, examines how we function socially today. In this production the actors randomly pick the scenes to play, thus breathing new life into each presentation. It questions the permanent scandal of life on the street and our capacity to “live together” and casts a politically incorrect and uncompromising look at our social mechanisms. This is a stimulating and violent, sombre and fun, pessimistic and joyful spectacle in which the six actors turn their unblinkered and questioning attention to our present-day lives.

Production De Facto asbl — Coproduction Théâtre de Namur, Maison de la Culture de Tournai, L’L – Lieu de recherche et d’accompagnement pour la jeune création (Bruxelles) Co-organised with Le Toboggan – Centre culturel de Décines Supported by Ministère de la Communauté française de Belgique – Service du Théâtre and Wallonie Bruxelles International

Meeting / debate Theatrical creation under the threat of exclusion In the marquee, Friday October 23 at 6:30 pm Film L’Abri by Fernand Melgar (Switzerland, 2013) Saturday October 24 Comœdia Cinema at 11:15 am Ciné Toboggan at 6 pm

FRANCE

MÉDINA MÉRIKA TEXT AND DIRECTION ABDELWAHEB SEFSAF MUSIC CONDUCTED BY GEORGES BAUX AND ABDELWAHEB SEFSAF BASED ON MY NAME IS RED BY ORHAN PAMUK

With Georges Baux, Nestor Kéa, Marion Guerrero, Toma Roche, Abdelwaheb Sefsaf Dramatist and assistant director Marion Guerrero Scenic design Pierre Heydorff — Costume design Ouria DahmaniKhouhli — Video design Samir Hadjazi — Sound design Tom Vlahovic Lighting design Alexandre Juzdzewski

Production Cie Nomade in France — Coproduction Le Train Théâtre - Portes-lès-Valence, Ville du Chambon-Feugerolles, La Garance - Scène nationale de Cavaillon, Théâtre de Roanne — Co-organised with Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse Supported by Comédie de Saint-Étienne and SPEDIDAM

Running time 1hr 30 mins

THÉÂTRE DE LA CROIX-ROUSSE

October 25 at 3 pm, October 26 and 27 at 8 pm Tariff 1 Offstage (see page 34 / 35) Concert / Ball Aligator, with Abdelwaheb Sefsaf, Nestor Kéa and Georges Baux In the marquee, Saturday October 24 at 10:30 pm Meet the artists After the performance Monday October 26

Médina Mérika is the story of an American dream, from the Medina, set against the backdrop of the Arab spring. Ali, a fan of American cinema, is a young director whose career is just taking off but in the Medina where he lives, a symbolic paragon of the Arab city, the West is both the emblem of liberty which fascinates and that of decadence, which is despised. Found dead at the bottom of a well, the search for his killer provides a means of exploring an Arab society undergoing radical change, its frictions and frustrations, and its ambiguous relationship with the West. Halfway between fairy tale and musical comedy, Abdelwaheb Sefsaf offers a colourful, energetic and exciting vision of the cultural upheavals currently being played out in Arab societies from the free adaptation of the novel My Name is Red by the great Turkish author Orhan Pamuk. This is a tragi-comedy set between East and West, where humour appears as an escape and a burst of opposition, because any comedy, when looked at from a distance, can only be but a mere detail of a more global tragedy.

CHILe ACCESO

PREMIERE IN FRANCE

THE ACCESS

BY PABLO LARRAÍN AND ROBERTO FARÍAS DIRECTED BY PABLO LARRAÍN With Roberto Farías Dramatist Pablo Larraín et Roberto Farías Lighting design Sergio Armstrong

Street vendor Sandokan earns his living by selling trinkets to coach passengers in Santiago. He relates his life, which is spent trying to gain “acceso” - access to an elsewhere which he thinks and hopes he deserves - access to a place in society. In this monologue of a tortured soul, Sandokan plunges us into street life and exposes with ferocity the reality of exclusion and reclusion. With dark humour and a disarming authenticity, Roberto Farias presents the soul of an urban gladiator who forces us to look into the eyes of the suffering and distress caused by social misery.

with ×French ×In Spanish, subtitles Running time 55 mins

Supported by Ministère des Arts et de la Culture du Chili and Onda Office national de diffusion artistique Tour organised in collaboration with the Fundación Teatro a Mil (Chili)

CÉLESTINS, THÉÂTRE DE LYON

October 25 and 26 at 8:30 pm, October 27 at 7 pm Tariff 2

! This performance contains scenes that some viewers may find disturbing

Théâtre rhapsodique La faim et les rêves, by Samuel Gallet In the marquee, Wednesday October 28 at 11pm

Offstage (see page 34 / 35)

NTINa GE AR EL LOCO Y LA CAMISA

PREMIERE IN FRANCE

THE MAD FELLOW AND THE SHIRT

DIRECTED BY NELSON VALENTE With Gabriel Beck, Lide Uranga, Carlos Rosas, Mariana Fossatti, Julio Dante Greco Scenic design Luciano Stechina — Dramatist Nelson Valente, in collaboration with the performers Assistant director Mariana Fossatti

with ×French ×In Spanish, subtitles Running time 1hr 20 mins

Production Banfield Teatro Ensamble — Co-organised with Radiant-Bellevue Supported by Instituto Nacional de Teatro (INT), Fondo Argentino de Desarrollo Cultural, Ministère de la Culture d’Argentine, Cancillería Argentina and Onda - Office national de diffusion artistique

RADIANT-BELLEVUE

October 26, 27 and 28 at 8:30 pm Tariff 1

The central cast is made up of an authoritarian, macho and unfaithful father, a submissive mother, who turns a blind eye, an egocentric daughter seeking a good match, and an aspiring young manager who is liberal and without affect. They are a model family in a way. But who is this mad son who the entire family is trying to hide from prying eyes? It would have been ideal to get rid of him, but, in the image of his body, deformed by an excessively tight corset, he is transformed into a being which is at times amorphous and at times monstrous and is able to shatter the veneer of lies. Presented for the first time in France after a successful tour in Buenos Aires, South America and Spain, the play is a reference in contemporary independent Argentinean theatre. Based on a gallery of archetypal characters, Nelson Valente offers an X-ray of liberal Argentinean society and asks powerful questions about differences, the place of the other, and disabilities. Escape and reflection guaranteed.

a I N A U h T I L DREAMSPELL

PREMIERE IN FRANCE

DIRECTED BY KAMIL GUDMONAIT BASED ON A DREAM PLAY BY STRINDBERG

With Mantas Zemleckas, Danas Kamarauskas, Gražvydas Staigvilas, Balys Ivanauskas, Aurimas Bačinskas, Gytis Laskovas And Rūta Žibaitytė, Danguolė Petrikaitė, Gintarė Kulikauskytė, Jovita Skardžiūtė, Paulina Simutytė (choir)

For this, her very first production, Kamilė Gudmonaitė, a student at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, chose to present extracts from Strindberg’s A Dream Play and to experiment with it in her attempt to create dream-like theatre. Based on the metaphor of a school classroom, the young actors seek a state of mind mid-way between sleep and wakefulness. This state alone, it was thought, would offer the answers questions which are not accessible to logical thinking. Why, for example, would anyone wish at any price to belong to a system which progresses by crushing our individuality? To belong to an infernal mechanism which ruins our dreams, limits our desires and suppresses our creativity? Precise, energetic and full of humour, acrobatic, choreographic and musical, the show was well-received at the Spoleto Festival in Italy, where it was awarded 1st prize in the “Young Creators” category and at the Brno Festival, where it won awarded the best theater performance and the best director awards. with ×French ×In English, subtitles Running time 45 mins

Coproduction UTOPIA Theatre, Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy, Lithuanian National Drama Theatre — Supported by Ministère de la Culture de Lituanie

ENSATT

October 26 at 8:30 pm, October 27 and 28 at 6:30 pm Tariff 3 Offstage Meet the artists After the performance Monday October 26

y n a m GerCOMMON GROUND L e RA IS CONCEPTION AND DIRECTION YAEL RONEN

With Vernesa Berbo, Niels Bormann, Dejan Bućin, Mateja Meded, Jasmina Musić, Orit Nahmias, Aleksandar Radenković

Scenic design Magda Willi — Costume design Lina Jakelski Video design Benjamin Krieg, Hanna Slak — Dramatist Irina Szodruch Music Nils Ostendorf

They come from Serbia, they live in Berlin and they set off together on a coach bound for Bosnia. This group of young people have an appointment with their parents’ past as well as their own. How does one experience the memory of a conflict which has left its mark on history? How will the children of the victims live alongside those of the torturers? A judicious mix of performance and documentary theatre, Common Ground examines the concepts of culpability and expiation, of forgiving and forgetting. and ×German, ×In English with French

Production Maxim Gorki Theater — Supported by Fonds culturel de Berlin

and English subtitles Running time 1hr 40 mins

CÉLESTINS, THÉÂTRE DE LYON

October 27 and 28 at 9 pm Tariff 1

Offstage (see page 34 / 35) Meeting / debate Official history versus individual experiences: when theater re-interrogates memories In the marquee, Saturday October 24 at 5 pm Meet the artists After the performance Tuesday October 27

OFFSTAGE Sens Interdits is a place of discovery and the confrontation of aesthetics as well as a debating forum. The marquee on the place des Célestins and the venues of our partner organizations will host debates and meetings with other invited troupes, intellectuals and university personalities who will answer your questions and ask you new ones. Exhibitions, screenings and light-hearted musical events will also contribute to the experience.

MEETINGS AND DEBATES* Theatrical creation under the threat of exclusion With Antoine Laubin (Director of Outside) and the NIMIS Groupe (conception of The people I have met may not even have seen me) Hosted by Olivier Neveux, professor of theatrical history and aesthetics at the Université Lumière Lyon 2, and editor-in-chief of Théâtre/Public In the marquee, Friday October 23 at 6:30 pm Free entry

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Official history versus individual experiences: when theater re-interrogates memories With Monika Dobrowlańska (director of Displaced Women), Tatiana Frolova (director of Sonia’s Dream), Yael Ronen (director of Common Ground) Hosted by Jean-Pierre Thibaudat - writer, journalist and artistic advisor to the Passages festival In partnership with the Goethe Institute In the marquee, Saturday October 24 at 5 pm Free entry

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The theater: the people’s weapon? With Christian Flores, (director of Yo Maté a Pinochet) and Sanja Mitrović (director of SPEAK!) Hosted by Olivier Neveux, professor of theatrical history and aesthetics at the Université Lumière Lyon 2 and chief editor of Théâtre/Public In partnership with the Goethe Institute In the marquee, Sunday October 25 at 11 am Free entry

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The Tutsi genocide in Rwanda: a retrospective study of a racist ideology This shall be followed by the performance from Hate Radio With Marcel Kabanda, historian and president of Ibuka France Followed by a meeting with the artists on the theme of the role of the media during the genocide of the Tutsis. In partnership with Ibuka Rhône-Alpes Centre culturel Charlie Chaplin, Vaulx-en-Velin Tuesday October 27 at 7 pm Free entry

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THEMED VISIT

CONCERT - BALL

Women in World War Two In echo of the play Displaced Women This visit offers an opportunity to rediscover the German occupation as seen by the women who were at the forefront of all forms of combat, from the fight for better living conditions to joining the French Resistance.

Aligator For this, their first eponymous album, Nestor Kéa, an off-the-wall DJ, Georges Baux, an unfathomable multi-instrumentalist and charismatic leader Abdelwaheb Sefsaf have created a new and percussive language - a singular form of scat that is both subtle and brutal. The lyrics are about love and hate but they also address inequality, fighting for one’s rights and hope. This musical odyssey takes us from the Delta to Detroit, at the crossroads that leads from North to South and combines traditionalism with an electronic resonance.

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CHRD, Wednesday October 21 and Saturday October 24, 3 pm Special tariff of €6 for Displaced Women ticketholders

FILMS L’Abri, by Fernand Melgar (Swiss documentary, 2014 – 1hr 41mins) In echo of the play Outside It’s winter in Lausanne and we are in an emergency homeless centre, where the entrance doors to this unknown underground shelter see the same ritual played out each evening – the total capacity is 100 places but only 50 shall be allowed in…

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Comœdia Cinema on Saturday October 24 at 11:15 am In the company of either a director or an actor from the De Facto company Special tariff of €4 for Sens Interdits ticket-holders Ciné Toboggan, Saturday October 24 at 6 pm Special tariff of €5.50 for Outside ticket-holders

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In the marquee, Saturday October 24, 10:30 pm Free entry

AFTER HOURS Sans interdit - La party A club evening where festivalgoers, artists and dancers meet up in an atmosphere of electropop music by Mademoiselle Charby et Le Lavoir Public. Their music will put the spotlight on the little-known yet lively productions of Eastern European countries.

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Péniche La Marquise, banks of the river Rhône Saturday October 24 from 11:30 pm Tariff : €5

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KnAM sur Amour, by Bleuenn Isambard and Maciej Patronik (French documentary, 2015 - 51mins) In echo of the play Sonia’s Dream The film, which was shot at Komsomolsk on Amur, a town in Far-Eastern Russia, follows the daily lives of Tatiana Frolova and the members of the Teatr KnAM. It is a subtle collage of rare archive footage and other images of the troupe that pays homage to the poetic creation of these five gifted artists that takes place in this surreal environment.

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In the marquee, Thursday October 22 at 9 pm Free entry

READING Vraiment un homme à Sangatte by Lancelot Hamelin In echo of The people I have met may not even have seen me Directed by Magali Bonat, with students from the Conservatoire de Lyon In the marquee, Wednesday October 21, 6 pm CHRD, Thursday October 22, 6:30 pm Tariff: €3

THÉÂTRE RHAPSODIQUE La faim et les rêves A project by Samuel Gallet, Teatro Publico (Santiago, Chile) and the Comité 8.1 (Lyon) This Chilean company and the Collectivity from Lyon use a series of scenic propositions that combine fiction, music and documentary to illustrate how France and Chile see each other, our different ways of seeing and understanding the contemporary world, our common history since 1973 and the current movements of political protest such as the renewed interest in migrating to Latin America. A Festival Sens Interdits coproduction with the support of the Nouveau Théâtre du Huitième and the Collectif Eskandar In the marquee, Wednesday October 28 at 11 pm Free entry

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TICKET OFFICE FOR ONLINE RESERVATIONS PLEASE GO TO SENSINTERDITS.ORG

Reserve in advance at: The Célestins Theater Place des Célestins, Lyon 2e Tuesday to Saturday from 12:15 pm to 6:45 pm

During the festival: In the marquee From Midday to 2:30 pm and from 5 pm to 9 pm Telephone: 04 72 77 40 00 From 1 pm to 6:45 pm On-site ticket office Opens 45 minutes before the start of performances

Telephone : 04 72 77 40 00 Tuesday to Saturday from 1 pm to 6:45 pm

To reserve individual tickets you can also contact the ticket offices of the various partner theaters and companies (contact details on page 39). Price per ticket

Tariff 1

Tariff 2

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Full price

€24

€20

€17

Reduced price*

€20

€17

€14

Under 26-years-old

€12

€10

€8

Those on RSA benefits

€5

Pass Festival

€16

€13

€10

Pass Festival : under 26

€10

€8

€7

* Reduced price: Célestins season ticket-holders and those from partnering theaters, over 65s, large families, jobseekers, the disabled, groups (10 or more). Prices are reduced upon the presentation of the relevant documents when collecting tickets.

The Théâtre de Givors, the Théâtre Jean Marais of Saint-Fons and the Centre Charlie Chaplin will apply their usual prices. To find out more and to reserve, please contact their respective ticket offices.

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THE FESTIVAL MARQUEE RELAX AND ENJOY THE FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE IN THE MARQUEE ON THE PLACE DES CELESTINS Come to the marquee to learn about upcoming events, reserve tickets and spend time in the library or have a chat and a drink with the performers. You will be welcome anytime. The marquee is also where themed discussions and debates take place. Please inquire for more details.

Place des Célestins, Lyon 2e From October 20 Daily from Midday to 2:30 pm and from 5 pm to Midnight Sunday from 11am to 2:30 pm and from 5 pm to Midnight

Information and tickets Our staff will be most pleased to help you in any way possible with your choice of plays and reservations.

Bar Sens Interdits The bar will be open for drinks, light lunches and snacks. Come and meet the performers in this convivial heart of the festival.

Library You are welcome to consult the large amount of festivalrelated information and discover literature from all over the world. In partnership with the Passages bookshop.

FESTIVAL LOCATIONS 6

CALUIRE-ET-CUIRE VAULX-EN-VELIN 3

VILLEURBANNE

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DÉCINESCHARPIEU

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LYON

SAINT-FONS

OULLINS

VÉNISSIEUX

PIERRE-BÉNITE SAINT-GENIS-LAVAL 12

1 CÉLESTINS, THÉÂTRE DE LYON

6 RADIANT-BELLEVUE

12 LA MOUCHE

Métro A, D (Bellecour) Bus C5, C9, C10, C12, C20, C20E, 14, 15, 15E, 27, 31, 35, 40, 88, S1

Bus 33, 38, S5 (Caluire Hôtel de Ville - Radiant) Métro C (Cuire)

Bus C10 (Saint-Genis Mairie)

7 LE TOBOGGAN

Place de la Nation Vaulx-en-Velin 04 72 04 81 18 centrecharliechaplin.com

Place des Célestins, Lyon 2e 04 72 77 40 00 celestins-lyon.org

2 Théâtre Nouvelle Génération – LES ATELIERS Centre dramatique national de Lyon 5 rue du Petit-David, Lyon 2e 04 78 37 46 30 tng-lyon.fr Métro A (Cordeliers) Bus C3, C5, C9, C23

3 THÉÂTRE DE LA CROIX-ROUSSE

Place Joannès-Ambre, Lyon 4e 04 72 07 49 49 croix-rousse.com Métro C (Croix-Rousse, Hénon, Cuire) Bus C13, 38, S4 (Hôpital CroixRousse), C1 (Cuire), 2, 33, 45, S6, S12 (Croix-Rousse)

1 rue Jean Moulin, Caluire-et-Cuire 04 72 10 22 19 radiant-bellevue.fr

Tram T3 (Décines centre)

17 bis impasse Saint-Eusèbe, Lyon 3e 04 72 61 12 55 asphodeles.com

Centre national des arts de la rue 16 rue du Docteur Frappaz, Villeurbanne 04 72 68 09 87 ateliers-frappaz.com Métro A (Flachet ou Cusset) Tram T3 (Gare de Villeurbanne) Bus C3, 11 et 38 (Grandclément)

9 THÉÂTRE DE VÉNISSIEUX

Métro D, Tram T4 (Gare de Vénissieux) Bus 93 (Langevin)

Métro B (Gare d’Oullins) Bus C7, C10, 15, 17, 63, 88 (Orsel) Train (Gare d’Oullins)

14 LES ATELIERS FRAPPAZ

Bus C9, C11 (Maisons Neuves), C16 (Paul Bert, Sacré-Cœur) Tram T3 (Dauphiné Lacassagne) Métro B (Gare Part-Dieu)

14 rue Basse Combalot, Lyon 7e 04 78 58 88 25 lelysee.com

7 rue Orsel, Oullins 04 72 39 74 91 theatrelarenaissance.com

Métro A (Laurent Bonnevay) puis Bus C3, C8, 57 (Hôtel de Ville Campus)

8 THÉÂTRE DES ASPHODÈLES

4 THÉÂTRE DE L’ÉLYSÉE

5 THÉÂTRE DE LA RENAISSANCE

13 C ENTRE CULTUREL COMMUNAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN

14 avenue Jean Macé, Décines 04 72 93 30 14 letoboggan.com

Maison du Peuple 8 boulevard Laurent-Gérin, Vénissieux 04 72 90 86 68 theatre-venissieux.fr

Métro D (Guillotière) Tram T1 (Guillotière) Bus C12, C23

8 rue des Écoles, Saint-GenisLaval 04 78 86 82 28 la-mouche.fr

15 ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS ET TECHNIQUES DU THÉÂTRE 4 rue Sœur Bouvier, Lyon 5e 04 78 15 05 05 ensatt.fr Funiculaire F1 (Saint Just) Bus C21, C20 (Saint-Alexandre), 46, 49, C20E (Saint-Irénée)

10 THÉÂTRE DE GIVORS 2 rue Puits Ollier, Givors 04 72 24 25 50 theatredegivors.fr

16 CINÉMA COMŒDIA

Train - Gare de Givors Ville

13 avenue Berthelot, Lyon 7e 08 92 68 69 22 cinema-comoedia.com

11 THÉÂTRE JEAN MARAIS

Tram T1 (Quai Claude Bernard), T2 (Centre Berthelot)

59 rue Carnot, Saint-Fons 04 78 67 68 29 theatre-jean-marais.com

17 C ENTRE D’HISTOIRE DE LA RÉSISTANCE ET DE LA DÉPORTATION (CHRD)

Bus C12, 93 (Robert Reynier), 60 (Saint-Fons Albert Thomas)

14 avenue Berthelot, Lyon 7e 04 78 72 23 11 chrd.lyon.fr Tram T1 (Quai Claude Bernard), T2 (Centre Berthelot)

CALENDAR SONIA’S DREAM – 1hr 30 mins – page 5 GMGS_WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPINESS? – 1hr – page 6

Théâtre de Vénissieux

Themed visit Women in World War Two – page 35

CHRD

Reading Vraiment un homme à Sangatte by Lancelot Hamelin – 50 mins page 35

Marquee, place des Célestins

THE PEOPLE I HAVE MET MAY NOT EVEN HAVE SEEN ME – 1hr 40 mins – page 8 YO MATÉ A PINOCHET – 1hr 05 mins – page 11

Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon

CHRD Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse Théâtre de l’Élysée Théâtre Jean Marais, Saint-Fons Théâtre de Givors

CAFI – 1hr 30 mins – page 12

Théâtre des Asphodèles La Mouche, Saint-Genis-Laval

Film KnAM sur Amour by Bleuenn Isambard and Maciej Patronik – 51 mins – page 3

HATE RADIO – 1hr 45 mins – page 14

Marquee, place des Célestins Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon Centre Charlie Chaplin, Vaulx-en-Velin

Meeting / Debate Theatrical creation under the threat of exclusion – page 34

Marquee, place des Célestins

RICTUS – 1hr 30 mins – page 17

Les Ateliers Frappaz, Villeurbanne

Meeting / Debate Offical history versus individual experiences: when theater re-interrogates memories – page 34

Marquee, place des Célestins

DISPLACED WOMEN – 2hr 10 mins – page 19 Film L’Abri by Fernand Melgar – 1hr 41 mins – page 35

Théâtre de la Renaissance, Oullins Cinema Comœdia Ciné Toboggan, Décines

OUTSIDE – 1hr 45 mins – page 23

Le Toboggan, Décines

SPEAK! – 1hr – page 20

Théâtre Nouvelle Génération LES ATELIERS

Concert / Ball Aligator – page 35

Marquee, place des Célestins

Meeting / Debate The theater: the people’s weapon? – page 34

Marquee, place des Célestins

MÉDINA MÉRIKA – 1hr 30 mins – page 24 ACCESO – 55 mins – page 26 EL LOCO Y LA CAMISA – 1hr 20 mins – page 28 DREAMSPELL – 45 mins – page 31

Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon Radiant-Bellevue, Caluire-et-Cuire ENSATT

Meeting / Debate The Tutsi genocide in Rwanda: a retrospective study of a racist ideology – page 34

Centre Charlie Chaplin, Vaulx-en-Velin

COMMON GROUND – 1hr 40 mins – page 33

Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon

Théâtre rhapsodique La faim et les rêves by Samuel Gallet – page 35

Marquee, place des Célestins

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EFFE LABEL 2015-2016

The Festival Sens Interdits has been recognized by EFFE International Jury to receive the EFFE Label 2015-2016

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