Six Characters in Search of an Author
Luigi Pirandello / Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota
On the stage of a theater in the middle of a rehearsal, six characters appear, six strangers that nobody expected...
Out of nowhere, they invade the stage where rehearsals for a play are underway. They are the 'characters', born from the imagination of an author who has abandoned them in the middle of their lives. They meet the actors that will impersonate them. An unsolvable, perilous confrontation between their authenticity and its possible representations. A crossing of the theater to the very depths of its foundations. Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota and his actors first staged Pirandello's play in 2001, with great success, as it has since been performed with the same cast in twenty countries around the world and continues this ongoing journey.
TEXT LUIGI PIRANDELLO
DIRECTION EMMANUEL DEMARCY-MOTA
TRANSLATION FRANÇOIS REGNAULT
DIRECTION ASSISTANT CHRISTOPHE LEMAIRE
SCENOGRAPHY AND LIGHTING DESIGN YVES COLLET
MUSIC JEFFERSON LEMBEYE
COSTUMES CORINNE BAUDELOT
MAKE UP CATHERINE NICOLAS
WITH HUGUES QUESTER, ALAIN LIBOLT, VALÉRIE DASHWOOD, SARAH KARBASNIKOFF, STÉPHANE KRÄHENBÜHL, CHLOÉ CHAZÉ, CÉLINE CARRÈRE, CHARLES-ROGER BOUR, PHILIPPE DEMARLE, SANDRA FAURE, GAËLLE GUILLOU, GÉRALD MAILLET, PASCAL VUILLEMOT, JAURIS CASANOVA
PRODUCTION Théâtre de la Ville-Paris, Les Théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg, La Comédie de Genève et la Compagnie des Millefontaines
Created on October 4th 2001 au Théâtre de la Ville – Paris
Le Figaro
Demarcy has the gift of embellishing everything he touches; he returns Pirandello his fury, his mystery. If you are moved to tears (real tears, please), it is because you have suddenly discovered a magnificent work.
San Francisco Chronicle
A deeply moving, incredibly breathtaking creation, carried by magnificent performers.
Télérama
Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota magnifies all the magic of the stage to also show its murderous abyss. Bewitching and disturbing.
Press review for downloadLanguage: French
Available subtitles: English
Duration of the performance: 01:50
Accessibility: Available in audiodescription (Accès Culture)
- Show set-up D-2
- 26 people on tour, including 15 actors / 9 technicians / 2 others
- Set transportation : 100m3
October 4 to 27, 2001 - Théâtre de la Ville, Paris (France)
from November 6 to 24, 2001 - La Comédie de Genève (France)
from January 7 to 18, 2003 - Théâtre de la Ville, Paris (France)
February 18-21, 2003 - Théâtre des 13 vents, Montpellier (France)
March 6-16, 2003 - Théâtre du Nord, Lille (France)
May 11 and 12, 2003 - Théâtre du Passage, Neuchâtel (France)
May 21 and 22, 2003 - La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand (France)
June 4-28, 2003 - Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris (France)
May 6 and 7, 2014 - Forum Culturel du Blanc Mesnil (France)
from May 14 to 16, 2014 - La Comédie de St Etienne (France)
October 2-5, 2014 - Maison de la Culture de Grenoble (France)
October 24 and 25, 2014 - Université du Michigan, Ann Arbor (Etats-Unis)
October 29 to November 2, 2014 - BAM, New York (Etats-Unis)
November 7 and 8, 2014 - Cal Performances, Berkeley (Etats-Unis)
November 15-26, 2014 - Théâtre National Populaire, Villeurbanne (France)
December 12 and 13, 2014 - Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Grand Théâtre (Luxembourg)
January 14 to 31, 2015 - Théâtre de la Ville, Paris (France)
February 4-7, 2015 - Barbican Center, Londres (Royaume-Uni)
June 12-13, 2015 - Festival international de théâtre de Sibiu (Roumanie)
September 10-12, 2015 - Victoria Theatre, Festival International des Arts (Singapour)
January 13-16, 2016 - Théâtre National de Bretagne, Rennes (France)
January 27-30, 2016 - Théâtre National de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (France)
February 10 and 11, 2016 - Théâtre d’Angoulême (France)
March 31 to April 9, 2016 - Théâtre de la Ville, Paris (France)
June 22 and 23, 2016 - Theater am Schiffbauerdamm (Berliner Ensemble), Berlin (Allemagne)
June 1 and 2, 2017 - Festival International de Théâtre A. Tchékhov (Théâtre Pouchkine), Moscou (Russie)
April 20-21, 2018 - Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam (Pays-Bas)
from March 23 to April 17, 2021 - Théâtre de la Ville - Espace Cardin, Paris (France)
November 13 to December 2, 2021 - Théâtre de la Ville - Espace Cardin, Paris (France)
January 15 to 16, 2022 - Anthéa, Antibes (France)
from April 22 to 24, 2022 - Teatro della Pergola, Florence (Italie)
Caroline DUBOIS
Production manager
Tel : +33 1 43 12 44 54
cdubois@theatredelaville.com