The cult novel Guerre de Céline is adapted as a single on stage at the Théâtre de l’Œuvre. The play, starring Benjamin Voisin, can be seen until March 2, 2025.
Adored by critics, the only one on stage Guerre of Celineembodied by Benjamin Voisin, is to be discovered until March 2, 2025. On display at Theater of the Work, this theatrical adaptation offers a powerful, violent and disturbing spectacle.
If you are used to going to the theater to see plays with 8 actors on stage, then you will be surprised that there are a good number of plays where the actor is alone on stage. For the curious or the connoisseurs, we bring together in this guide the only ones on stage to see in Paris at the moment and soon. [Lire la suite]
Guerre is a theatrical adaptation, presented in the form of a monologue, taken from the novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. Mixing autobiographical elements and fiction, the author of the famous Journey to the end of the night It depicts the absurdity and horrors of war. On stage, it’s Benjamin Voisin, awarded the César for Best Male Newcomer in 2022 for his role in Lost illusions of Xavier Giannoli, who brings to life the words of Celine.
Through the story of the young man’s convalescence Ferdinand Destouchesthe author traces the profound and irreversible impact of his experience as a soldier, marked by trauma and a transformed existence. Driven by a rage for living in a world in complete chaos, this text, at once intense, brutal and disturbing, is also adorned with moments of emotion, burlesque and poetry. Céline displays all her literary talent through slang, provocative and exhilarating writing. It explores universal themes such as death, desire, betrayal, human madness and the monstrous failings of our societies.
