Rhinoceros
Eugène Ionesco / Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota
A great fictional tale about the disappearance of our world, a timeless creation from the repertoire of the Théâtre de la Ville.
A city where all the inhabitants turn into rhinoceroses. Only one man stands up to this strange epidemic: Berenger, the anti-hero torn between his desire to "be in the world" and his difficulty in fitting into a society where appearance is king, performance is compulsory and conformity is de rigueur. The law of the strongest, the most enduring and the most ambitious. The jungle is not far away. If nowadays the norm has become the law, if formatting is de rigueur and self-image becomes an all-consuming obsession, then this fable must surely resonate strongly. And with humour. So much so that this generalized epidemic of Rhinoceritis is also a fantasy, a poetic extravagance. Although he takes a hard look at the world and the individual, Ionesco's theatre is not desperate but resolutely on the side of creative objection, inventive fantasy and freedom.
TEXT BY EUGÈNE IONESCO
DIRECTION EMMANUEL DEMARCY-MOTA
DIRECTION ASSISTANTS CHRISTOPHE LEMAIRE
SET & LIGHTING DESIGN YVES COLLET
ARTISTIC COLLABORATION FRANÇOIS REGNAULT
MUSIC JEFFERSON LEMBEYE
COSTUMES CORINNE BAUDELOT
MAKE UP CATHERINE NICOLAS
MASKS & PROPS CLÉMENTINE AGUETTANT
WITH SERGE MAGGIANI, HUGUES QUESTER, VALÉRIE DASHWOOD, PHILIPPE DEMARLE, CHARLES-ROGER BOUR, JAURIS CASANOVA, SANDRA FAURE, GAËLLE GUILLOU, SARAH KARBASNIKOFF, STÉPHANE KRÄHENBÜHL, GÉRALD MAILLET, WALTER N’GUYEN, PASCAL VUILLEMOT
PRODUCTION Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Le Grand T - scène conventionnée de Loire-Atlantique
World premiere in October 2004 at Théâtre de la Ville - Paris
Le Monde
Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota's direction is a masterpiece.
Les Echos
From Philippe Demarle to Hugues Quester, via Valérie Dashwood, the actors take up the challenge of a physical and distanced performance, giving this opera of the absurd a fast pace.
Press review for downloadLanguage: french
Duration of the performance: 01:50
- Show set-up D-2
- 25 people on tour, including 13 actors / 10 technicians / 2 others
- Set transportation 200m3
September 20 to October 8, 2004 - Théâtre de la Ville, Paris (France)
November 2004 - La Comédie de Reims (France)
January 12 to 26, 2006 - Théâtre de la Ville, Paris (France)
February 8-9, 2006 - La Coursive, La Rochelle (France)
February 23 and 24, 2006 - L’Apostrophe, Cergy-Pontoise (France)
March 8-11, 2006 - TnBA, Bordeaux (France)
March 16 and 17, 2006 - La Passerelle, Saint-Brieuc (France)
March 22 to 24, 2006 - Le Volcan, Le Havre (France)
March 29 to 31, 2006 - Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France)
April 4-6, 2006 - La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand (France)
April 13 and 14, 2006 - Le Phénix, Valenciennes (France)
May 30 to June 3, 2006 - La Comédie de Reims (France)
March 15 to 18, 2011 - Le Grand T, Nantes (France)
from April 29 to May 14, 2011 - Théâtre de la Ville, Paris (France)
May 19 and 20, 2011 - Scène Nationale de Sète et du Bassin de Thau, Sète (France)
October 4-14, 2011 - Théâtre national de Bretagne, Rennes (France)
June 1 and 2, 2012 - International Istanbul Theatre Festival, Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Theatre, Istanbul (Turquie)
September 21 and 22, 2012 - UCLA Live, Los Angeles (Etats-Unis)
September 27 and 28, 2012 - CAL Performances Berkeley (Etats-Unis)
October 4-6, 2012 - BAM, New York (Etats-Unis)
October 11-13, 2012 - University Musical Society, Ann Arbor (Etats-Unis)
February 14-16, 2013 - Thistle City Barbican, Londres (Royaume-Uni)
May 21-23, 2013 - Le Forum, Le Blanc-Mesnil (France)
May 28 to June 1, 2013 - MC2, Grenoble (France)
June 30 to July 1, 2013 - Hellenic Festival, Onassis Cultural Center (Grèce)
July 12 to 14, 2013 - Festival de Barcelona, Teatre Lliure (Espagne)
January 16-19, 2014 - Festival Santiago A Mil, Santiago (Chili)
January 25 and 26, 2014 - Teatro San Martin, Buenos Aires (Brésil)
June 2-10, 2014 - Théâtre de la Ville - Les Abbesses, Paris (France)
from May 22 to June 7, 2015 - Cine Theatro Brasil Vallourec, Belo Horizonte / Cidade das Artes, Rio de Janeiro / Teatro Paulo Autran SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo (Brésil)
November 21-23, 2015 - Saitama Arts Theater (Japon)
October 28-30, 2016 - National Theater of Korea, Séoul (Corée du Sud)
November 18 to 20, 2016 - National Taichung Theater (Taiwan)
November 22-24, 2018 - Maison des Arts de Créteil (France)
January 29 to February 8, 2020 - Théâtre de la Ville - Le 13ème Art, Paris (France)Automne 2023 - Teatro della Pergola, Florence (Italie)
Caroline DUBOIS
Production manager
Tel : +33 1 43 12 44 54
cdubois@theatredelaville.com