with Thomas Arnold, Johannes Flaschberger, Amanda Hadingue, Kathryn Hunter, Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer, Weronika Maria, Tim McMullan, César Sarachu, Sophie Steer, Alexander Uzoka
It is with regret that Kathryn Hunter, due to a bereavement, has to relinquish her role for all the Paris performances. Amanda Hadingue has taken over the lead role of Janina Duszejko, while Tamzin Griffin has taken over Amanda's previous roles.
In a mountainous region of Poland, Janina Doucheyko finds a neighbour dead, a small deer bone stuck through his throat. Soon after, people begin to disappear. The police investigate these as normal crimes, but Janina is convinced that animals are seeking revenge on humans. In this adaptation for the stage, Simon McBurney takes an eco-feminist detective novel by Polish author Olga Tokarczuk (winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature) and explores with humour and simplicity what connects living beings. On stage, the actor’s rhythmic teamwork complements the director’s innovative work on new technologies. After The Encounter in 2018, the Complicité company comes back to the Odéon.
Cast
set and Costume Design Rae Smith
lighting Design Paule Constable
sound Design Christopher Shutt
video Design Dick Straker
additional Direction Kirsty Housley
dramaturgy by Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and Laurence Cook
movement Direction Toby Sedgwick
original compositions Richard Skelton
assistant Director Gemma Brockis
associate Costume Designer Johanna Coe
wigs Designer Susanna Peretz
original novel translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
CDG Casting Amy Ball
artwork by Patryk Hardziej
production Complicité
coproduction Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe,Barbican – Londres, Bristol Old Vic, Théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg, The Lowry, The National Theatre – Islande, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Theatre Royal Plymouth
Biographie de Simon McBurney
Practical Information
duration 2h50 (1h25 / intermission / 1h05)
Tuesday to Friday at 8pm, Saturday 2pm30 and 8pm, Sunday 3pm
no show on Monday
in English, with French surtitles every day
Around the performance
Happy Thursday 8 and 15 June