La réponse des Hommes
[ The Human Response ]
text and direction Tiphaine Raffier
duration 3h20 with intermission
© © Simon Gosselin
with
Sharif Andoura
Salvatore Cataldo
Éric Challier
Teddy Chawa
François Godart
Camille Lucas
Édith Merieau
Judith Morisseau
Catherine Morlot
Adrien Rouyard
et les musiciens
Guy-Loup Boisneau
Émile Carlioz
Clotilde Lacroix
(alternating with)
Amélie Potier
Romain Louveau
How are we to find our bearings in ethical matters? In the words of of playwright and director Tiphaine Raffier, the theatre is the « place that can both divide and reconcile people », as it is able to infuse moral reflection into the concrete urgencies of everyday life. In her new creation, following the example of Kieslowski's Decalogue, she has imagined situations that put to the test some of the norms that are supposed to provide guidelines for our actions. As a starting point, she based her writing on a selection of the Christian « works of mercy », some of which date back to the Gospels. These « works » are treated in her production as challenges meant to confront us with « the archaic or contemporary moral dilemmas and anxieties that haunt us ».
