One evening last March 2024 at the CDN in Limoges, during the creation of 1.200 Toursyoung people, in particular, praised the play. Many in the room, they all stood up to give him a standing ovation. Remaining seated, the less young also largely contributed to the ovation.
Mirror held up in our time
World piece, fresco, 1.200 Tours holds up a mirror to our times. A rapper, an MP, journalists, a TV presenter, a courageous mother, a young girl in love with astronomy, a lawyer are the 16 characters. They are the bearers of current and crucial issues.
A style in line with new operations
Social and political fractures, injustices, the future are at the heart of the subject. “What should I do with this anger that the play provoked in me? », asked a young man after the play, a reaction showing how much young people were touched.
The words are not the only cause. Aurélie Van Den Daele’s style responds to the new functioning of the brain. Technologies, networks, smartphones have made him multitasking, multi-understanding, multi-emotions, multi-curiosities.
Clear, dreamlike, poetic
The setup on stage is in line with this new way of perceiving and receiving the world. It consists of a single place made up of several spaces, editorial office of a magazine, apartment, street, prison. The scenes play out simultaneously. Fine, precise, dreamlike and poetic, the stage writing of Aurélie Van Den Daele makes the action and the beautiful and complex text of Sidney Ali Mehelleb crystal clear.
Utopia, a “bad” word?
Sometimes the statement can seem naive, which is clearly stated in the subtitle of the piece, “militant, naive and hopeful fable”. Would we no longer need hope and freshness of mind? Utopia? Let us dare to use this term which has become a “bad word” since the principle of reality crushes everything…
-For Aurélie Van Den Daele, theater is a celebration and should be. So, hope is also carried by the choice of a colorful aesthetic, rap, the deep and invigorating commitment of the actors and actresses.
This whole leaves a joyful impression, despite the harshness of the underlying subject, which makes sense and challenges.
Limoges. Théâtre de l’Union, Wednesday January 22, 8 p.m., Thursday January 23, 7 p.m., duration 3 hours 15 minutes with intermission, €22, 05.55.79.90.00 or [email protected]
Par Muriel Porridge
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