Faith, Hope and Charity

a show by Alexander Zeldin
associated artist

with the Festival d'Automne à Paris

in English, with French surtitles

estimated duration 2h

June 16 - June 26 2021

Berthier 17^e

with
Lucy Black
Tia Dutt
Llewella Gideon
Tricia Hitchcock
Dayo Kolesho
Joseph Langdon
Shelley McDonald
Michael Moreland
Sean O’Callaghan
Bobby Stallwood
Posy Sterling
Hind Swareldahab

Children's paintings hang on the walls. A few chairs and tables wait to be unfolded. Mason is helping out as best he can. Today is his first day as a volunteer at a community centre where he has offered to start a choir. He meets Hazel who has been cooking lunch for those in need for years, old Bernard who lives in the neighbourhood, Beth who's fighting for custody of her daughter... Alexander Zeldin is an associate artist at the Odéon and the National Theatre of Great Britain. This last play in his trilogy on intimacy in times of crisis, THE INEQUALITIES, is as soft-spoken as the first two. Simple gestures, lasting silences give us fresh access to a reality that often remains hidden. Zeldin and his actors, step by imperceptible step, reveal the progress of ordinary lives as each confronts its own personal apocalypse.

estimated duration 2h

From Tuesday to Friday at 8 P.M., Saturday at 3 and 8 P.M., Sunday at 3 P.M.

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coproduction National Theatre of Great Britain – Londres, A Zeldin Company

With support from the Polonsky Foundation

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Alexander Zeldin, born in 1985, is an internationally acclaimed British author and director. His theatrical career began with workshops and performances in a wide range of countries - Egypt, South Korea, Russia, Georgia, Italy - with people from all walks of life. He is also an assistant to Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne. In 2014, he made a name for himself in the UK with Beyond Caring, presented at the National Theatre in London in 2015, and recreated in German at the Schaubühne in 2022, which tells the story of night workers in an industrial butchery. This show is the first of a trilogy, 'The Inequalities', of which the next two plays, Love and Faith, Hope and Charity were presented at the Ateliers Berthier in 2018 and 2021. In January 2022, he also created Une mort dans la famille, his first show in French, which will be revived in the 2022-23 season.

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