Je suis Fassbinder
PREMIERE 04/03/2016
Théâtre National de Strasbourg
»France has its Front National and the Le Pens; Germany its Höckes, Petrys, and von Storchs. Richter weaves this present and the leaden years together in a virtuoso cross-synapsing of temporal strands and fragments of thought.«
»France has its Front National and the Le Pens; Germany its Höckes, Petrys, and von Storchs. Richter weaves this present and the leaden years together in a virtuoso cross-synapsing of temporal strands and fragments of thought.«
»France has its Front National and the Le Pens; Germany its Höckes, Petrys, and von Storchs. Richter weaves this present and the leaden years together in a virtuoso cross-synapsing of temporal strands and fragments of thought.«
Je suis Fassbinder does not retrace the life of the German filmmaker, but uses this “figure” as a lens through which to examine our current era and question the position of the artist: Who could be a Fassbinder today? What does it mean to make theatre in the world we live in? What are we allowed to say or not say? Evoking the figure of Fassbinder speaks directly to our present moment, especially to the issue of self-censorship in the arts—an issue that is increasingly relevant.
Following Small Town Boy, presented in January at TNS, associate playwright Falk Richter returns for Stanislas Nordey’s first production in Strasbourg. Although the two directors each have a different relationship to the stage, they share a commitment to a “direct” form of theatre and a language that fully engages with the urgent questions of contemporary society.
Direction // Stanislas Nordey, Falk Richter
With // Thomas Gonzalez, Judith Henry, Éloise Mignon, Stanislas Nordey, Laurent Sauvage
French Translation // Anne Monfort
Artistic Collaboration // Claire-Ingrid Cottanceau
Dramaturgy // Nils Haarmann
Stage Design & Costumes // Katrin Hoffmann
Costume Assistant // Juliette Gaudel
Stage Design Assistant // Fabienne Delude
Lighting // Stéphanie Daniel
Music // Matthias Grübel
Video // Aliocha Van der Avoort
Production // Théâtre National de Strasbourg
Coproduction // Théâtre national de Bretagne – Rennes, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, MC2:Grenoble
Tour Performances
- Villeurbanne, Théâtre National Populaire, November 2017
- Clermont-Ferrand, La Comédie de Clermont, November 2017
- Châteauvallon, Scène nationale de Châteauvallon, December 2017
- Reims, La Comédie de Reims, December 2017