Sep 12Sep 26, 2024
La Vie secrète des vieux
Mohamed El Khatib • Creation
HOW DO OLDER PEOPLE EXPERIENCE LOVE AND MAKING LOVE? THE PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED GIVE A DELICATE AND POIGNANT ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
The widespread belief that older people have no libido is nicely proven wrong in this original and very human work. After working on a project introducing different forms of artistic experimentation into aged care centers, Mohamed El Khatib realized how these centers could cast light on an unseen aspect of the life of the older generation. It was moving to hear the private stories they shared with him, so he extended an invitation to women and men aged between 75 and 102, asking them to be part of the performance relating their love stories in The Secret Life of Older Citizens. Growing old means facing up to society’s critical gaze, seeing the physical decline of the body, and the gradual loss of independence, but in spite of all this, love prevails, as does desire when sexuality finds new forms and at a different pace, with its own time scale and subtle intimacy.
REPRÉSENTATION EN AUDIODESCRIPTION
Dimanche 22 septembre | 15h
Zirlib
Original idea & direction
Mohamed El Khatib
Dramaturgy & artistic coordination Camille Nauffray
Artistic collaboration Mathilde Chadeau
Scenography & artistic collaboration Fred Hocké
Video Emmanuel Manzano
Sound Arnaud Léger
Alternating Annie Boisdenghien, Micheline Boussaingault, Marie-Louise Carlier, Chille Deman, Martine Devries, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Jacqueline Juin, Jean Paul Sidolle, Yasmine Hadj Ali… (cast to be finalized)
Régie générale Jonathan Douchet
Direction de production Gil Paon
Entretiens Vanessa Larré, Marie Desgranges, Zacharie Dutertre
Collaboration et soutien aux répétitions Mathilde Chadeau, Vassia Chavaroche, Elliot Delvaux Vie médicale Virginie Tanda, Paul Ceulenaere, Anne-Marie Di Giambattista, Vinciane Watrin
Administration Cécile Boursier
Presse Nathalie Gasser
Photographies de plateau Yohanne Lamoulère
Production Zirlib. Coproduction Théâtre de la Ville-Paris – Festival d’Automne à Paris – Points communs-Nouvelle scène nationale Cergy-Pontoise-Val d’Oise – Comédie de Genève – Théâtre national Wallonie-Bruxelles – Théâtre national de Bretagne, Rennes – TANDEM Arras Douai – Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand – MC2 : Grenoble Scène nationale – Théâtre national de Bordeaux en Aquitaine – Théâtre Garonne, Toulouse – Équinoxe, scène nationale de Châteauroux – Festival d’Avignon – La Coursive, scène nationale de La Rochelle – Espace 1789, Saint Ouen – Théâtre de Saint Quentin en Yvelines – Bois de l’aune, Aix-en-Provence – Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon – Le Channel, scène nationale de Calais. Zirlib est conventionnée par le ministère de la Culture - DRAC Centre-Val de Loire, par la région Centre-Val de Loire et soutenue par la ville d’Orléans. Mohamed El Khatib est artiste associé au Théâtre de la Ville-Paris, au Théâtre national de Bretagne à Rennes et au Théâtre national Wallonie-Bruxelles. Accueil en résidence Mucem – CIRCA La Chartreuse. Avec le soutien de la Fondation d’entreprise Hermès. Coréalisation Théâtre de la Ville-Paris – Festival d’Automne à Paris.
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