2024

Roméo Castellucci

@desingel (Be)

 

 

Pierre Megos was invited to perform an epileptic crisis in the show Bros directed by Roméo Castelucci.

 

"Crushed by Isabelle Huppert’s star power: Romeo Castellucci’s reimagining of the classic play by Jean Racine is all about the lead performer. "  The New York Times

 

Grand master of the theatrical Gesamtkunstwerk, Romeo Castellucci returns  with a radical adaptation of Jean Racine’s Bérénice. This iconic 17th-century French tragedy is stripped down to a magnificent monologue, performed by the equally iconic actress Isabelle Huppert. Castelucci distils the central love triangle between Bérénice, the Roman Emperor Titus and Antiochus down to its dark core. He shows an isolated woman on the edge of the abyss whose silence is as deafening as the sound of her voice. With the help of Scott Gibbons’ music, the director creates a universe populated by phantoms in which Bérénice appears to be drowning. Castellucci’s adaptation explores the dark side of Racine’s brilliant Alexandrians and thus reveals the topicality of this classical text.

 

concept & direction : Romeo Castellucci

music : Scott Gibbons

with

Valer Dellakeza, Luca Nava, Sergio Scarlatella, Pierre Megos, Rafik BellaliJef Dewit, Pjotr Durlet, Sam Embrechts, Marco FabriCostantino, Giam piccolo , Théo Groenne, Doucy Hippoly Etienne Jean-MarcTimon KouloumpisMaxime Larouy,  Patrick MoermansAntonio MontanileHelder OnkelinxJean SchabelJean SchatzLennart TimmermansPatrick Van DyckDries Van HaelterMichael Van RemoortereCoen van SlootenKiran VassilieffJonas Wertz

dramaturgical assistance : Piersandra di Matteo

assistant director : Silvano VoltolinaFilippo Ferraresi

text : Claudia Castellucci

technical director : Eugenio Resta Andrei Benchea

lighting technique : Andrea Sanson

sound technician : Claudio Tortorici

costumes : Chiara Venturini

sculptures : Plastikart studio

realisation costumes : Grazia Bagnaresi

production manager : Benedetta Briglia

promotion, distribution : Gilda Biasini

production & tour management : Giulia Colla

production : Socìetas

co-production : 

Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussel)Festival Printemps des Comédiens (Montpellier)Lugano Arte e Cultura (Lugano)Maillon Théâtre (Strasbourg)Festival Temporada Alta (Salt)Le Manège (Maubeuge)Le phénix (Valenciennes)MC93 (Bobigny)Emilia Romagna Teatro (Modena)Ruhrfestspiele RecklinghausenHolland Festival (Amsterdam)Triennale Milano TeatroNational Taichung Theater