The Barbarian Philosophers
The Recomposition of Worlds
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Capacity: 300
- Object Theater / Puppetry
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Politicians are desperately trying to step down from power so they can focus on their community gardens, while chickadees are entering politics by throwing Molotov cocktails; a riot police officer on the verge of burnout opens up to a team of journalists who, year in and year out, are trying to make sense of what’s happening. Judging by the numerous protests springing up everywhere, a (r)evolution is underway. The question remains: where will it lead? Imagine a world where the nature/culture dichotomy has been abolished and where the prevailing mindset leans toward animism. It is this type of situation that author Alessandro Pignocchi depicts in his graphic novels—“just to make my friends laugh,” he says, and also “because it feels good to imagine stories where the changes we’d like to see in the world actually happen.”
Politicians are desperately trying to relinquish power so they can focus on their community gardens, while tits (the birds) enter politics throwing Molotov cocktails; a riot police officer on the verge of burnout turns himself in to a team of journalists who, for better or worse, are trying to make sense of what’s happening. If the many demonstrations springing up everywhere are any indication, a (r)evolution is underway. The only question is what it will lead to. Imagine a world where the opposition between nature and culture has been abolished, and where dominant ways of thinking lean toward animism. These are the kinds of situations that Alessandro Pignocchi depicts in his graphic novels—‘just to make my friends laugh,’ as he puts it, but also ‘because it feels good to imagine fictions where the changes we’d like to see in the world actually happen.’
The Barbarian Philosophers
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The Recomposition of Worlds
Written and performed by: Glenn Cloarec, Juliette Nivard, Léa Saunal, and Nicolas Luboz / Written by: Les Philosophes Barbares / Directed by: Juliette Nivard / Assistant Director: Lucie Vieille-Marchiset / Dramaturgical consultant: Camille Khoury / Stage manager: Lucie Vieille-Marchiset alternating with Stanislas Trabalon / Puppet and set design and construction: Jo Smith / Construction assistant: Isabelle Buttigieg / Costumes and set design: Paola-Céleste Heuer / Music composition: Stanislas Trabalon / Photos: Pierre Acobas and Quevin Noguès.
2022 PREMIERE: Graines de Rue Festival, Bessines-sur-Gartempe. CO-PRODUCTIONS: Graines de Rue Festival, Bessines-sur-Gartempe / Le Périscope, a state-subsidized venue for puppetry and animated arts, Nîmes / MiMa Festival, Mirepoix / Marionnettissimo Festival, Tournefeuille / L’Estive-Scène Nationale de Foix & Les Fabriques RéUniES: Musicalarue, Luxey / Lacaze aux sottises, Orion / Sur le Pont, CNAREP La Rochelle. RESIDENCY PARTNERS: La Rudeboy crew / l’Usinotopie / Bouillon Cube / La Fabrique du Viala. SUPPORT: DRAC Occitanie / State Aid – Prefect of the Occitanie Region / Occitanie Region / Ariège Departmental Council. Based on La Recomposition des mondes by Alessandro Pignocchi © Editions du Seuil, 2019.