Kingdom

freely inspired by the film Braguino by Clément Cogitore
text and direction Anne-Cécile Vandalem

duration 1h40

31 January – 19 February 2023

Berthier 17^e

with Arnaud Botman, Laurent Caron, Philippe Grand’Henry, Épona Guillaume, Zoé Kovacs
and to the camera Federico D’Ambrosio, Leonor Malamatenios
and the children Léonie Chaidron, Juliette Goossens, Isaac Mathot, Daryna Melnyk, Ida Mühleck, Eulalie Poucet, Noa Staes, Léa Swaeles
and the musicians Vincent Cahay, Pierre Kissling

In Tristesses et Arctique, Anne-Cécile Vandalem deals with political bankruptcy and climate catastrophe in modern society. In Kingdom, inspired by Clément Cogitore’s documentary film, she depicts a family retreating to the Siberian taiga to find a way of coexisting with nature before human violence catches up with them. The impossibility of the future is one of Anne-Cécile Vandalem’s central themes. This is why children always have a fundamental place in her work. They are in the foreground, radiant, and no less so than in this new gripping fiction, a family thriller that is also a parable.

duration 1h40

Tuesday to Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm
no show on Monday

performances with English surtitles on Fridays 3, 10 and 17 February

Previews on 28 and 29 January

Happy Thursday on 2, 9 and 16 February

dramaturgy Sarah Seignobosc
composition Vincent Cahay, Pierre Kissling
set design Ruimtevaarders
light Amélie Géhin
sound Antoine Bourgain
video Frédéric Nicaise
photography director Federico D’Ambrosio
costumes Laurence Hermant
makeup Sophie Carlier
director assistant Pauline Ringeade

production Das Fräulein [Kompanie]

coproduction Théâtre de Liège, Festival d’Avignon, Théâtre national Wallonie-Bruxelles, Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Le Volcan – scène nationale du Havre, Théâtre du Nord – centre dramatique national Lille Tourcoing Hauts-de-France,Théâtre de Lorient – centre dramatique national, Théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg, Théâtre de Namur, Le Quai – centre dramatique national Angers pays de la Loire, Célestins – Théâtre de Lyon, Maison de la culture de Tournai, La Coop asbl & Shelter Prod – Bruxelles

with the support of Taxshelter.be, ING, tax shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge, Wallonie-Bruxelles international, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles service théâtre, Loterie nationale

with the patronage of the Cercle de l’Odéon

Kingdom preceded by Tristesses and Arctique, by Anne-Cécile Vandalem, is published by Actes Sud-Papiers, 2021

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