[The Innocents, I and the Stranger on the side of the departmental road]
written and translated by Peter Handke
directed by Alain Françon
from 3 to 29 March 2020 - Main Theater
Wednesday to Saturday at 8.30pm, Tuesday at 7.30pm and Sunday 3.30pm
duration 2h30
recess on Sunday 8 March
The story takes place on the side of a secondary road, a place of slow-paced passages, of travels from a village to another, but also of rest. A timeless place. The departmental road appears like a breathing space and transforms the surroundings into an outside world to watch and imagine.
The hero, the “I”, is a multiplicity of entities: the playwright, the epic storyteller the narrator. And who is the Stranger? Hoped for, ardently desired, will she be at the meeting point?
In order to voice Peter Handke’s most recent play, Alain Françon calls upon his recurring actors, including Dominique Valadié and Gilles Privat.
artistic team
written and translated by Peter Handke
directed by Alain Françon
performed by Pierre-François Garel, Gilles Privat, Sophie Semin, Dominique Valadié
and Laurence Côte, Daniel Dupont, Yannick Gonzalez, Sophie Lacombe, Guillaume Lévêque, Hélène N’Suka, Joseph Rolandez, Sylviane Simonet
staging assistant Sophie Lacombe
decors Jacques Gabel
lighting Joël Hourbeigt
costumes Marie La Rocca
music Marie-Jeanne Séréro
sound design Léonard Françon
choreography Caroline Marcadé
hair and make-up Cécile Kretschmar
production
Théâtre des nuages de neige
coproduction
La Colline – théâtre national, MC2: Grenoble, Théâtre National de Strasbourg
created at La Colline
publishing
The text The Innocents, I and the Stranger on the side of the departmental road (Les Innocents, Moi et l’Inconnue au bord de la route départementale in french) by Peter Handke will be published in march 2020 by Gallimard