Au nom du ciel
Yuval Rozman
From 15 years old
Performance created on November 12, 2025 at Phénix, Scène nationale de Valenciennes
On May 30, 2020, Iyad Al-Hallaq, a 32-year-old Palestinian man with autism, was shot and killed by an Israeli border guard in the Old City of Jerusalem as he was walking to a specialized center accompanied by his teacher.
Once again, this holy land, this once fertile land, this now cursed land, was plunged into horror and despair.
Yet above the crackle of gunfire, the cries of terror, and the shattering grief, we can still hear birds singing in the sky over Jerusalem — observing, helplessly, the never-ending conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.
Far from the ground, high in the immaculate sky beyond human violence, three birds — portrayed by suspended actors in a graceful theatrical tableau — investigate the killing and seek to understand the tragedy by exploring the complexity of the events rooted in this lost paradise.
With In the Name of Heaven, Israeli director Yuval Rozman, now exiled in France, tells a contemporary fable, using the symbolism of birds to sketch new paths in search of beauty buried beneath the war.
Calendar
Tarifs
- Plein tarif 31 €
- 65ans+/Carte prof/Groupe10+ 26 €
- -30ans/Pro/Dem.d'emploi 13 €
- Groupe scolaire 8 €
- -15ans 7 €
- Etudiants Conservatoires Art de la parole 5 €
Distributions
With Poline Baranova Kiejman, Gaël Sall, Gaëtan Vourc’h
Writing and direction Yuval Rozman
Assistant director Antoine Hirel
Writing collaboration Gaël Sall
Set design, lighting design Victor Roy
Sound design Roni Alter with Jean-Baptiste Soulard
Sound management Quentin Florin
Costume design, outside eye Julien Andujar
Stage management Nicolas Bignan
General stage management Christophe Fougou
Flight supervision Marc Bizet
Production, distribution, administration, cultural coordination, press relations AlterMachine (Camille Hakim Hashemi, Elisabeth Le Coënt, Romane Maillard, Erica Marinozzi)
Production Compagnie Inta Loulou
Co-production (in progress) Phénix Scène nationale de Valenciennes, Next Festival, Théâtre du Nord CDN Lille-Tourcoing, Théâtre du Rond-Point, Maison de la culture de Bourges, GRRRANIT Scène nationale Belfort / EU, 104 Paris, Théâtre de Liège, TNBA CDN Bordeaux, Comédie de Béthune CDN, Théâtre de l’Union CDN du Limousin, Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne CDN Dijon, Maison de la culture d’Amiens European Center for Creation, Les Célestins – Théâtre de Lyon
Writing residency support La chambre d’eau, Le Favril
Support Insertion scheme of the École du Nord, funded by the Ministry of Culture and the Hauts-de-France Region; research residency support in the West Bank by the Institut français
The Compagnie Inta Loulou is supported by the Ministry of Culture – DRAC Hauts-de-France
The text of the performance is supported by the Centre National du Livre under the discovery grant for dramatic authors.
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