Dans ce jardin qu'on aimait
- According to
- le roman de Pascal Quignard
- Direction
- Marie Vialle
- Performed by
- Marie Vialle et Laurent Poitrenaux
The music of birdsong revealed by a father and daughter, characters from a novel by Pascal Quignard. An American pastor who was born in 1823 and died in 1890, Simeon Pease Cheney was one of the first people to make […]
Tout mon amour
- By
- Laurent Mauvignier
- Direction
- Arnaud Meunier
- Performed by
- Anne Brochet, Romain Fauroux*, Ambre Febvre*, Jean-François Lapalus, Philippe Torreton
A metaphysical crime thriller with Anne Brochet and Philippe Torreton playing a couple plunged into a mysterious reality… Laurent Mauvignier’s world is peopled with characters who are trying to heal their wounds. Characters who keep on going despite the obstacles […]
Combat de nègre et de chiens
- By
- Bernard-Marie Koltès
- Direction
- Mathieu Boisliveau
- Performed by
- Chloé Chevalier, Pierre-Stefan Montagnier, Denis Mpunga, Thibault Perrenoud
Four solitary lives collide, tearing each other apart in a far-flung corner of the world. It all begins with a lie, and ends with an act of vengeance. Over the course of one night, from dusk until dawn. In a […]
Girls and boys
- By
- Dennis Kelly
- Direction
- Chloé Dabert
- Performed by
- Bénédicte Cerutti
An explosive monologue from Dennis Kelly which begins as stand-up and ends in tragedy. This woman is certainly not like other women. You can tell straight away. Right next to us, almost among us, her eyes seek out our own. […]
The Cherry Orchard
- By
- Anton Tchekhov
- Direction
- tg STAN
- Performed by
- Evelien Bosmans, Evgenia Brendes, Robby Cleiren, Jolente De Keersmaeker, Lukas De Wolf, Bert Haelvoet, Minke Kruyver, Scarlet Tummers, Stijn Van Opstal
In their first performance at the Célestins, Belgian collective tg STAN brings a breath of freedom to Chekhov’s final piece. We come back to Chekhov’s plays time after time. To their impressionist shades. To their captivating equilibrium between naturalism and […]
Visions d'eskandar
- By
- Samuel Gallet
- Performed by
- Caroline Gonin, Mathieu Goulin, Aëla Gourvennec, Jean-Christophe Laurier, Pierre Morice
After the shock of an earthquake comes the urgency of renewal. The city of Eskandar has been destroyed by an earthquake. An imaginary city: a vision that we all secretly share, where our dreams meet reality, a symbol of a […]
A Bright Room Called Day
- By
- Tony Kushner
- Direction
- Catherine Marnas
- Performed by
- Simon Delgrange, Annabelle Garcia, Tonin Palazzotto, Julie Papin, Agnès Pontier, Sophie Richelieu, Gurshad Shaheman, Yacine Sif El Islam, Bénédicte Simon
A company of young actors brings the present-day face to face with the darkest hours of the past. Catherine Marnas commends the play: “At certain moments it is like Brecht rewritten by Tennessee Williams…”. An intensely political yet melancholic piece, […]
Sarrazine
- By
- Julie Rossello-Rochet
- Direction
- Lucie Rébéré
- Performed by
- Nelly Pulicani
Writer Albertine Sarrazin, star of French literature. From prostitution to crime, from being in prison to being on the run, then entering the world of literature, Albertine Sarrazin has crossed all lines and broken all moulds. Born to an unknown […]
Presque Fresque
- By
- Mathieu Bleton, Jonas Julliand, Karim Messaoudi et Cyril Pernot - Galactik Ensemble
- Performed by
- Mathieu Bleton, Céline Fuhrer, Violaine Garros, Jonas Julliand, Dimitri Jourde, Karim Messaoudi, Cyril Pernot
A madcap, roving, acrobatic theatrical adventure. Written especially for the Célestins, Presque Fresque invites us to an open-air performance in front of the theatre, before leading us on a meandering path to our seats in the Grande salle. This comic […]
Là
- By
- Baro d'evel
- Performed by
- Camille Decourtye, Blaï Mateu Trias et le corbeau pie Gus
A ballet in black and white for two people and a pied crow. The artists of French-Catalan company Baro d’evel defy form and genre. Somewhere between dance and acrobatics, theatre and graphic arts, burlesque and melancholia, their imaginary world captivates […]