with
Dan Artus
Saadi Bahri
Boutaïna El Fekkak
Hoonaz Ghojallu
Maïmouna Keita
Nanii
Elios Noël
Alix Petris
Saaphyra
Vasanth Selvam
Anh Tran Nghia
Hiep Tran Nghia
Mahia Zrouki

As the French poet François Villon once sang : « Human brothers, you who live after us... ». A pervasive sense of human brotherhood runs through Caroline Guiela Nguyen's new project. In Saigon (presented at the Ateliers Berthier in 2018 and 2019), she retraced its past; she now explores its future. The plot stretches into the next century and plays out in several languages. An inexplicable catastrophe has wiped out part of humanity, forcing those who remain to support each other and to confront the common mystery... A poetical investigation which brings together professionals and amateurs from different backgrounds.

Cast

text Caroline Guiela Nguyen with the complete artistic team
artistic collaboration Claire Calvi
scenography Alice Duchange
costumes Benjamin Moreau
light Jérémie Papin
sound and music production Antoine Richard
video Jérémie Scheidler
dramaturgy Hugo Soubise Manon Worms
original music Teddy Gauliat-Pitois Antoine Richard

 

production Les Hommes Approximatifs

 

production déléguée Les Hommes Approximatifs, Festival d’Avignon

 

coproduction Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, ExtraPôle Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur*, La Comédie – centre dramatique national de Reims, Théâtre national de Bretagne – Rennes, Théâtre national de Strasbourg, Châteauvallon scène nationale, Théâtre de l’Union – centre dramatique national du Limousin, Théâtre Olympia – centre dramatique national de Tours, MC2: Grenoble, La Criée Théâtre national de Marseille, Le Grand T théâtre de Loire-Atlantique, Théâtre des Célestins – Lyon, La Comédie de Colmar – centre dramatique national Grand Est Alsace, La rose des vents – scène nationale Lille Métropole Villeneuve d’Ascq, Le Parvis Tarbes Pyrénées, Théâtre national de Nice, Théâtre du Beauvaisis – scène nationale

 

coproduction internationale Prospero – Extended Theatre**, Théâtre national Wallonie-Bruxelles, Théâtre de Liège, Les théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg, Centro dramático nacional – Madrid, Dramaten – Stockholm, Schaubühne – Berlin, Théâtre national Dona Maria II – Lisbonne, Thalia – Hambourg, Festival Romaeuropa

 

avec le soutien exceptionnel de la Direction général de la création artistique

 

avec la participation du Jeune théâtre national et de l’Institut français – Paris

 

avec le soutien du Cercle de l’Odéon

 

*plateforme de production soutenue par la région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
** Prospero – Extended Theatre est un projet cofinancé par le programme Europe créative de l’Union européenne

Biography of Caroline Guiela Nguyen

Caroline Guiela Nguyen is an author, director and producer. In 2009, she founded the company Les Hommes Approximatifs, with which she created Se souvenir de Violetta (2011), Le Bal d'Emma (2013), Elle brûle (2013) and Le Chagrin (2015) at the Comédie de Valence. 2015 marked the start of her involvement with the Maison Centrale in Arles. There she collaborated with Joël Pommerat and Jean Ruimi to create Désordre d'un futur passé and Marius with prison inmates. In 2020, she directed her first film there: Les Engloutis. In 2017, she created Saigon at the Ambivalence(s) festival at the Comédie de Valence and at the 71st Festival d'Avignon. Presented at the Ateliers Berthier in 2018 and 2019, and still touring today, the show has been performed in some fifteen countries. Fraternité, a fantastic tale, also created at the Festival d'Avignon, was presented at Les Ateliers Berthier in 2021, and is touring France and Europe. In 2022, she wrote and directed Kindheitsarchive, a drama about adoption, at the Schaubühne in Berlin, with the actors of the permanent ensemble. 


She was associate artist at the Odéon from 2016 to 2023. Since September 2023, she has directed the Théâtre national de Strasbourg and its School.