Le présent qui déborde
The lingering now
freely based on The Odyssey by Homère
a show by Christiane Jatahy
associated artist
in several languages, with French surtitles
duration 2h
Cast :
Faisal Abu Alhayjaa,
Manuela Afonso,
Abed Aidy,
Omar Al Jbaai,
Abbas Abdulelah Al’Shukra,
Maroine Amimi,
Vitor Araújo,
Bepkapoy,
Emilie Franco,
Joseph Gaylard,
Noji Gaylard,
Renata Hardy,
Ramyar Hussaini,
Iketi Kayapó,
Irengri Kayapó,
Ojo Kayapó,
Laerte Késsimos,
Kroti,
Yara Ktaish,
Pitchou Lambo,
Abdul Lanjesi,
Mélina Martin,
Jovial Mbenga,
Nambulelo Meolongwara,
Linda Michael Mkhwanasi,
Mbali Ncube,
Pravinah Nehwati,
Adnan Ibrahim Nghnghia,
Maria Laura Nogueira,
Jehad Obeid,
Ranin Odeh,
Blessing Opoko,
Phana,
Pykatire,
Corina Sabbas,
Leon David Salazar,
Mustafa Sheta,
Frank Sithole,
Fepa Teixeira,
Ivan Tirtiaux,
Ahmed Tobasi
With Ithaca, created in 2018 at the Odeon, Christiane Jatahy presented the first part of a modern Odyssey. In this second part – which was a great success for its creation at The Avignon Festival in July 2019 – a new character appears: Telemachus wishes to find Ulysses, his father. His search is also a quest for other invisible Odysseys, those of so many refugees and migrants today. From Lebanon to Amazonia, through South Africa, Greece and Palestine, Christiane Jatahy has gathered testimonies in order to confront them on stage as in shaking bounds between fiction and reality, memories of former times and burning issues.