Nemesis

based on the novel by Philip Roth
directed by Tiphaine Raffier
creation at the Ateliers Berthier

estimated duration 2h45

23 March – 21 April 2023

Berthier 17^e

with Clara Bretheau, Eric Challier, Maxime Dambrin, Judith Derouin, Juliet Doucet, François Godart, Alexandre Gonin, Maika Louakairim, Tom Menanteau, Hélène Patarot, Edith Proust, Stuart Seide, Adrien Serre
and the musicians from the Ensemble Miroirs Etendus Clément Darlu (Piano), Emmanuel Jacquet (drums and percussion), Lucas Ounissi (Trombone), Clémence Sarda (Double bass), Claire Voisin (Clarinet)
with the participation of the Choeur d'enfants du Conservatoire de Saint-Denis
Suzanne, Anouchka, Félicie, Zoé, Gift, Blessing, Maïa, Jetro, Liyanie, Mahaut, Hajar, Martha, Hannah, Nouha, Zoé, Maud, Paloma, Léonie, Alice, Maïa, Maë, Thaïs, Anna, Calie (alternately)

direction Erwan Picquet

1944: Bucky Cantor, a young gym teacher from the Jewish community of Newark, is declared unfit for military service. Meanwhile, his friends are landing heroically on the coast of Normandy. When a polio epidemic strikes Newark, could this be Bucky’s opportunity for a tragic destiny? Unfortunately, Nemesis, the goddess who punishes human excess, makes up for Bucky’s sacrifice. Tiphaine Raffier is fascinated by Philip Roth's nonconformity, by his sharp irony, and his talent for parables. After directing La réponse des Hommes last year, she has taken on this novel with the dystopian creativity that characterises her work.

estimated duration 2h45

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

performances with English surtitles on Fridays 24 and 31 March and 7, 14, and 21 April

Previews on 21 and 22 March

Happy Thursday 30 March and 6, 13 and 20 April

• Programme de salle Némésis

assistant to the stage director Lucas Samain

music Guillaume Bachelé
musical arrangements Pierre Marescaux and Clément Darlu
set design Hélène Jourdan assisted by Alice Girardet
lighting Kelig Le Bars
video Pierre Martin Oriol
sound Hugo Hamman
costumes design Caroline Tavernier assisted by Valérie Simonneau
collective choreography directed by Pep Garrigues
HMU Judith Scotto assisted by Emmanuelle Flisseau
english coach Sophie Decaudaveine
children's choir coordinator Victoria Molland
technical director Olivier Floury
set management Marinette Jullien
cameraman Raphaël Oriol
HMU management Emmanuelle Flisseau or Florence Louné

administration, production Véronique Atlan Fabre, Juliette Chambaud, Charlotte Pesle Beal

production La femme coupée en deux

coproduction (in progress) Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Théâtre National Populaire de Villeurbanne, Théâtre de Lorient – CDN de Bretagne, Comédie de Béthune, Théâtre de la Cité – CDN de Toulouse-Occitanie, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Théâtre du Nord - CDN Lille Tourcoing Hauts-de-France, Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, La Rose des vents – Scène nationale de Lille-Métropole Villeneuve d’Ascq, Le Volcan – Scène nationale du Havre, Le phénix – Scène Nationale de Valenciennes, Miroirs Étendus, Scène nationale 61 – Alençon

with the support of the Ministry of Culture

With the Hermes Foundation, as part of its New Settings program.

with the Jeune Théâtre National

with the support of the National Theater of Brittany Employment Fund

residency Malakoff scène nationale

with the patronage of the Cercle de l’Odéon

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Actress, author, director and producer, Tiphaine Raffier trained at the École du Nord in Lille. She has worked under the direction of Stuart Seide, Frank Castorf and Jacques Vincey. She co-founded the collective "Si vous pouviez lécher mon cœur", and participated in the creation of Les Particules élémentaires and 2666, directed by Julien Gosselin. At the same time, she created her company, "La femme coupée en deux", and directed her own texts: La Chanson (2012), Dans le nom (2014), France-fantôme (2017), La réponse des Hommes (2019) and La Chanson [reboot] (2021). Dans le nom and France-fantôme were scheduled at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe in 2020, but cancelled due to the pandemic; La réponse des Hommes was presented jointly with the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers in January 2022. In 2023, still at the Odéon, she adapted Némésis, a novel by Philip Roth. For the cinema, she directed La Chanson, a short film selected for the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes (2018).

Her theatrical work is published by La Fontaine and L'avant-scène théâtre.

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