First showing in Belgium
Joël Pommerat
Theatre / France

A woman who works in a factory that produces parts needed to make violent weapons, remembers a friend of hers who has nothing, demolished by the lack of money. She lived in a big and empty apartment believing that the real life was the one that was lived after this one. This friend had no fear of death. At times, she even communicated with the world of the dead. She had no job. One day, she did something extraordinary but real, a gesture from an antique tragedy, a gesture to stop another tragedy: the closing of a company and the job loss of 20000 people. This play (an eye opener at the festival of Avignon 2006), was written by the dramatist and stage director Joël Pommerat  with words, light, sound and the bodies of the actors in the space. This intimate prism digs into the society pushing reality back into its corner. Rarely have we seen such sadness hopelessness and hopes and madness of the working world disinherited and laughed at in such a way.

Play and stage direction: Joël Pommerat- Stage set and lights: Eric Soyer- Stage set and accessories: Thomas Ramon- Costumes: Isabelle Deffin- sound implantation and music score realisation: François Leymarie- Sound research and manager: Grégoire Leymarie- Technical direction: E.Abate- Stage manager: J.P. Costanziello- Light management assistant : J.G. Valot- Trainee stage direction assistant: C. Logiou- Performers: Saadia Bentaïeb,  Agnès Berthon, Lionel Codino, Eric Forterre, Murielle Martinelli, Ruth Olaizola, Jean-Claude Perrin, Marie Piemontaise- Production: Compagnie Louis Brouillard in co production with Espace Malraux-Scène nationale de Chambéry/ Théâtre National de Strasbourg/ Centre Dramatique National de Normandie-Comédie de Caen/ Centre Dramatiqe National d’Orléans-Loiret-Centre/ Théâtre Paris-Villette/ Théâtre Brétigny-Scène conventionnée du Val d’Orge/ Arcadi- Action régionale pour la creation artistique et la diffusion en Île-de-France.The Compagnie Louis Brouillard is attached to the French cultural system and receives subsideries from the DRAC-Île-de-France, the Conseil Général de l’Essonne and the communauté d’Agglomération du Val d’Orge. Joël Pommerat is associated to the Espace Malraux- scène nationale de Chambéry et de la Savoie

Duration 2h
The show is in french