Since July 7, the Jovician company Belladonna has been performing at the Festival Off d’Avignon. Her show “Isabel Green” is on view at the theater of La Bourse du travail CGT until the end of the month, almost every evening. With this marathon on the boards, the troupe is betting on the future.
Yannick Pagliuchi – Today at 05:00
Isabel Green take revenge! The show created at the late Machinerie in June 2021 by the Jovician company Belladonna has finally found its place within the Festival Off d’Avignon. “At the end of the health crisis, the programs were completely saturated”, resituates Valentin Ehrhardt, artistic director of the troupe. “It was impossible to play anywhere but locally. We decided to wait until this year to try a selection in Avignon. »
“A bit of a street fight”
The theater of La Bouse du travail CGT said banco! “It’s a real left-wing theater that was sensitive to the themes addressed in Isabel Green. Namely: the denunciation of the society of performance, the pressures related to work, or even the place of women in society. So, since July 7, the Belladonna company has been performing performances almost every night. A rhythm that the actors will hold until July 29.
“You have to deploy treasures of energy every day to be in communion with the public. To attract him, too. “There are a plethora of shows here, so you have to go and get the audience. Part of the team tows daily. It’s a bit of a street fight…”
Good showcase
The game is worth the candle. “In the theater world, there are two levers: Avignon and Paris. The Festival Off is a good showcase for promoting the work of a company. Doing this festival is a bet on the future. This is an opportunity to find support for future shows. “To get new dates. As a result, the troupe multiplies professional meetings in the afternoons and never misses an opportunity to gather the opinions of spectators and entertainment professionals. “The reception of the directors of contracted scenes is good! »
After this marathon, the Belladonna company will breathe a little before reworking on its new creation: Goodbye Europa : lost word by Davide Carnevali. “We had planned to complete this show in October, but without a theater to create it, it will not be before the first quarter of 2024.
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