by Wajdi Mouawad
from 5 to 30 December 2018
from Tuesday to Saturday at 7.30 and on Sunday at 3.30pm — duration 4h
in german, english, arabic, hebrew subtitled in french
Un chagrin ça attend patiemment son heure. Nous y sommes.
All birds has its source in the encounter between a Quebec author of Lebanese origin living in France and a Jewish historian who contributed to the fame of a Muslim diplomat who was forcibly converted to Christianity and who enabled a whole continent to discover the vision that an African had of his native country. This is an encounter with the absolute idea of the Other. After questioning his responsibility and that of his fellow citizens in stories that portray the Lebanese civil war, Wajdi Mouawadtries, with All birds, to go beyond the red line he has always set himself, to write the pains of the enemy.
Dynamited by the violence of the world, the intimate story of Eitan, a young German scientist of Israeli origin confronted with a violent conflict with his father, shows how, in fratricidal struggles, no reality can dominate another. Every conflict conceals a labyrinth where the frightful monster of forgotten heritages goes.
Casting
text and direction Wajdi Mouawad
with Jalal Altawil, Jérémie Galiana, Victor de Oliveira, Leora Rivlin, Judith Rosmair, Darya Sheizaf, Rafael Tabor, Raphael Weinstock, Souheila Yacoub
assistant Valérie Nègre
dramaturgue Charlotte Farcet
artistic adviser François Ismert
historic adviser Natalie Zemon Davis
original music Eleni Karaindrou
set Emmanuel Clolus
lights Éric Champoux
sound Michel Maurer
costumes Emmanuelle Thomas
costumes assistant Isabelle Flosi
make-up and hairdressing Cécile Kretschmar
translation into Arabic Jalal Altawil
translation into English Linda Gaboriau
translation into German Uli Menke
translation into Hebrew Eli Bijaoui
production
production La Colline – national theatre