L’Arbre à clous
Dominique Roodthooft
CREATION AT THÉÂTRE DE LIÈGE
According to an ancient Walloon tradition that has spanned the ages, to rid oneself of an ailment affecting our body, one would simply rub the head of a nail at the site of the pain before planting it in a tree, which would then absorb our suffering.
the CORRIDOR – a Liège-based creative house celebrating its twentieth year of existence this season – will reexamine this singular tradition of the nail tree in the light of our current world and transform the theater stage into a collective and votive vigil around an imaginary tree, both “druidic” and playful.
The idea is to plant one’s nail to rid oneself of a burden, a suffering, an annoyance, an “excess of” that weighs us down. But also to deposit our wishes, our hopes in order to help us break out of the cycle of dead ends, to restore confidence, joy, robustness, the pleasure of risk.
Deliberately focused on our contemporary concerns (but which may extend far back), L’Arbre à clous unsuspected artistic, philosophical, humorous, and political forms with the desire to believe in possibilities. Activating the powers of imagination to reinvent oneself.
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Tarifs
- Plein tarif 15 €
- 65ans+/Carte prof/Groupe10+ 15 €
- -30ans/Pro/Dem.d'emploi 9 €
- Groupe scolaire 8 €
- -15ans 7 €
- Etudiants Conservatoires Art de la parole 5 €
Distributions
Conception, direction Dominique Roodthooft
Acting and singing Ludovic Drouet, Camille Freychet, Julie Peyrat
Music and sound environment Pierre Kissling
Set design Valérie Perin, Pascal Lemaître
Artistic contributions Léonard Berthet, Inès Cassigneul, Delphine De Baere, Isabelle Dumont, Ludovic Drouet, Isabelle Jonniaux, Pascal Lemaître, Mathias Ruelle, Pieter De Buysser, Sarah Vanagt, Mieke Verdin & Charlott Pomm.
Assistant Director Sarah Brahy
Dramaturgical support Patrick Corillon, Isabelle Dumont
Construction support Rüdiger Flörke
Graphic design and video animation Raoul Lhermitte
Lighting/sound creation and management Renaud Minet
Administration and coordination Fanny Mohr, Françoise Sougné
Set construction Ateliers du Théâtre de Liège
Costume creation Ateliers du Théâtre de Liège
Thanks to magicians Jacques Born, Caroline Fréson, Christian Maure (Krys le magicien) for their invaluable advice.
Thanks to researchers Rachel Brahy, Emanuele Coccia, Didier Debaise, Vinciane Despret, Cynthia Fleury, Martin Givors, Olivier Hamant, Donna Haraway, Olivier Labussière, Bruno Latour, Françoise Lempereur, Virginie Milliot, Josep Rafanell i Orra, Artmut Rosa, Isabelle Stengers, Yves Winkin, Nathalie Zaccai-Reyners whose thoughts have greatly nourished this project.
Co-production le CORRIDOR, DC&J Création, Théâtre de Liège, le Centre des Arts Scéniques, Mars – Mons arts de la scène,
Support Mutantx-BIP24, MSH-ULg (Liège)
Supported by Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Wallonie Emploi, Belgian Federal Government Tax Shelter, Inver Tax Shelter, Province de Liège, Théâtre des Martyrs (les Insolites)
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