LACRIMA
Caroline Guiela Nguyen
When a prestigious French haute couture house receives an extraordinary commission – the making of the wedding dress for the Princess of England – suddenly dozens of seamstresses, embroiderers, and patternmakers are bound by the utmost secrecy.
For eight months, these skilled hands, hidden in the shadows of the workshops, labor on the creation of a dress that will go down in history the moment the Princess walks through Westminster Abbey under the eyes of thousands of cameras.
A meticulous fabrication, kept under strict confidentiality clauses – royal order and haute couture demand it – which takes us to the heart of a Parisian haute couture house, a lace workshop in Alençon, but also to an embroidery workshop in India, based in Mumbai; three worlds linked by craft, expertise, and secrecy; three workshops where men and women are broken by work and by stories inherited from a confidential past.
Without ever losing the know-how of these artisans, without ever losing the power of what they hold in their hands, LACRIMA tells us the destinies of these shadow workers at the moment when their lives are about to change, and poses at every moment the question: “In the silence of secrecy, what spaces are created between what destroys us and what preserves us?”
! Some scenes contain passages of physical or psychological violence.
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
Cast: Dan Artus, Dinah Bellity, Natasha Cashman, Charles Vinoth Irudhayaraj, Anaele Jan Kerguistel, Maud Le Grevellec, Liliane Lipau, Nanii, Rajarajeswari Parisot, Vasanth Selvam
And the voices of Louise Marcia Blévins, Myriam Divin (pending)
And in video Louise Marcia Blévins, Nadia Bourgeois, Kathy Packianathan, Charles Schera, Fleur Sulmont
Text and Direction: Caroline Guiela Nguyen
Translation (English, LSF, Tamil): Nadia Bourgeois, Carl Holland, Rajarajeswari Parisot
Artistic Collaboration: Paola Secret
Set Design: Alice Duchange
Costumes and Couture Pieces: Benjamin Moreau
Music: Jean-Baptiste Cognet, Teddy Gauliat-Pitois, Antoine Richard
Sound: Antoine Richard in collaboration with Thibaut Farineau
Lighting: Mathilde Chamoux, Jérémie Papin
Video: Jérémie Scheidler in collaboration with Marina Masquelier
Casting: Lola Diane
Assistant Direction: Iris Baldoureaux-Fredon
Assistant Dramaturgy: Louison Ryser, Tristan Schinz
Stage Management: Stéphane Descombes, Xavier Lazarini
Stage Management (Video): Jérémie Scheidler, Philippe Suss (alternating)
Stage Management (Lighting): Mathilde Chamoux, Thibault D’Aubert (alternating)
Stage Management (Sound): Julien Feryn
Costume Assistance: Bénédicte Foki
Artistic Consultation: Noémie de Lapparent
Assistant Dramaturgy: Hugo Soubise
Set, Costume, and Embroidery Realization: Ateliers du TNS
Production: Théâtre national de Strasbourg
Co-production: Festival TransAmériques de Montréal, La Comédie Centre dramatique national de Reims, Points communs Nouvelle Scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise, Les Théâtres de la Ville du Luxembourg, Centro Dramático Nacional de Madrid, Piccolo Teatro di Milano Teatro d’Europa, Wiener Festwochen Freie Republik Wien, Théâtre de Liège, Théâtre national de Bretagne, Festival d’Avignon, Les Hommes Approximatifs
Support: Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe, Théâtre Ouvert Centre national des dramaturgies contemporaines, La Maison Jacques Copeau, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Comédie-Française, le Musée des Beaux-arts et de la Dentelle d’Alençon, l’Institut Français de New Dehli and l’Alliance française de Mumbai
LACRIMA by Caroline Guiela Nguyen will be published by Actes Sud in June 2024
Supported by: Ambassade de France
Caroline Guiela Nguyen is welcomed as an associate artist at Théâtre de Liège (2024-2028)
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