With this festival, we dive into the human soul through classic masterpieces who promise to make us shiver, cry and think. “We need to celebrate humanity at its most beautiful and terrifying. This meeting of tears, this moment when the heart opens to cry out its desire, its dismay or its quest for love… Grief must be expressed so that it leaves us with a peaceful heart. We need to face this encounter of drama so that it wakes us up and frees us from anger. explain Muriel Mayette-Holtz, director of the Théâtre National de Nice to the maneuver. A program that will move you
Phaedra
June 19, 20, 21 & 22 at 9 p.m.
The festival opens with Phèdre by Racine, directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz. After Bérénice, she attacks Racine again, and it is under the stars that Phèdre’s unleashed passions will come to life. Expect an intense evening with Augustin Bouchacourt and Nicolas Bouchaud headlining.
Helene after the fall
June 25 & 26 at 9 p.m.
Simon Abkarian gives us a post-Troy duel between Helen and Menelaus, played by Aurore Frémont and Brontis Jodorowsky. A heartbreaking encounter that Macha Gharibian’s music will make even more poignant. Abkarian describes this confrontation as that of two broken souls, a spectacle not to be missed.
Calek
June 28 at 9 p.m.
Charles Berling takes us on an emotional journey through the Memoirs of Calek Perechodnik. It is necessary, painful, but deeply human theater. A solo performance that promises to be memorable.
Our Homer
June 29 at 9 p.m.
Jacques Bonnaffé and Emmanuel Lascoux revisit Homer’s Odyssey. Expect an evening where the ancient text meets contemporary orality, for an epic and poetic rediscovery.
Andromache
July 2 & 3 at 9 p.m.
Under the direction of Stéphane Braunschweig, Andromaque plunges us into the throes of the post-war period, with a remarkable cast including Jean-Baptiste Anoumon and Bénédicte Cerutti. An exploration of resilience and violence, both intense and moving.
