There were 146 authors on the starting line, seventeen at the halfway point and four at the finish. Emmanuel Gavard, Alexandre Horreard, Émilie Leconte and Julie R’Bibo are the four finalists of the first prize Bernard-Marie Koltès – Extend the gesture. All Parisians. A random. “We have received texts from all over France, including Longeville-lès-Metz, but also quite a few from Quebec, a few from Belgium and even a text from Africa”, welcomes the director of Espace Koltès. in Metz, organizer, with the Quai Est association, of this new prize. “There is a prize for high school students Koltès in Strasbourg but there was no prize which relates to the writings”, justifies Lee Fou Messica who decided to create a jury prize and a public prize, both awarded the November 20 by the playwright’s brother, François Koltès. “When I put in place a reading committee for our Textes sans frontières project, I only had positive feedback. People like to give their opinion. “
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All-terrain readings
To allow the public to hear the texts of the finalists, then to vote, the Koltès space will offer a marathon of readings. On Friday, November 19, spectators will be invited to visit the Verlaine (5 p.m.) and Jean-Macé (6 p.m.) media libraries, then the Musée de la Cour d’or (7 p.m.) and the Frac-Lorraine (8 p.m. ). The next day, it will be possible to (re) hear everything or complete what we missed by going to the Koltès space. Readings will be offered at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Only spectators who have heard the four texts will be able to vote! “We wanted to offer a route in the city to reach out to people, to get out of our comfort zone,” explains Lee Fou Messica, who entrusted these “voices” to four directors of dramatic centers national. Among them, Stanislas Nordey (National Theater of Strasbourg), Alexandra Tobelaim (the Nest, CDN of Thionville-Grand Est), Chloé Dabert (Comédie de Reims) and Julia Vidit (Théâtre de la Manufacture in Nancy). The actors were selected following a call for applications. An opportunity to hear graduates from the Metz-Métropole Conservatory and the Strasbourg National Theater but also to meet seasoned actors such as Moselle Heidi Brouzeng, Messins Claire Cahen, Ali Esmili, Emanuel Bemer and Massimo Riggi.
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