February 1905, Moscow: a group of revolutionary terrorists are plotting an assassination attempt on the Tsar’s uncle. But here History matters less than the question clearly posed by Albert Camus (Nobel Prize in 1957): can a crime perpetrated for political aims be justified? Two conceptions of revolution clash: the one that has no boundaries and the one which refuses “to add to the injustice that already exists in the name of justice which is long dead”. From the Russian revolutionary terrorism of the late 19th century to the post Second World War debate about acts of resistance, up until the current state exploitation of terrorism, the question has remained a pressing one. The French director Stanislas Nordey deals with The Just Assassins as he would deal with a text written nowadays, actively tuned to the realities of its time.

Saturday 3 April at 8.30pm & Tuesday 20 April at 7.30pm

by Albert Camus
director Stanislas Nordey
artistic collaboration Claire Ingrid Cottanceau
set design Emmanuel Clolus
lighting Stéphanie Daniel
with Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Dissez, Raoul Fernandez, Damien Gabriac, Frédéric Leidgens, Wajdi Mouawad, Véronique Nordey, Laurent Sauvage

Theatre national de Bretagne / Rennes