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Philippe Quesne

Crash Park, la vie d'une île

November

2019

Fri
15
Sat
16

Sinopse

A plane crash on a desert island may turn into a metaphor for the present day, a vision for a near future, the restart for (nearly) everything, or a good beginning for a story. In “Crash Park, la vie d’une île” [Crash Park – The Life of an Island], Philippe Quesne creates a fable for human nature in an ongoing process of trial and error. The director, visual artist and set designer improvises an island, fauna and flora, with a few palm trees, certain animal species (such as wonderful mermaids and gigantic reptiles) and a volcano living peacefully together until survivors from a crash show up. Drawing inspiration from the epic drama, including singing and piano melodies, the plot of the live on the island goes Robinson Crusoe so that the fate of the newcomers unfolds. Between post-apocalyptical universe and amusement park, the island itself takes on the main role with all the symbolism it raises, from Homer to Shakespeare, from Jules Verne to Gilles Deleuze. An idyllic setting for utopias, findings and abandonments... Quesne’s fine humour in this work positions the audience in a place where imagination starts and salvation ends.


Born in 1970, Philippe Quesne received his education in visual arts. For 10 years he designed sets for theatre, operas and exhibitions. In 2003, he created the Vivarium Studio Company, and directed his first play, “La Démangeaison des ailes” [The Itching of the Winds], based on the acts of taking off and falling down. He staged other plays such as “Des experiences” [Experiences] (2004), “D’après nature” [From nature] (2006), “L’effet de Serge” [The Serge Effect] (2007), “La Mélancolie des dragons” [The Melancholy of Dragons] (2008), “Big Bang” (2010), “Swamp Club” (2013) and “Next Day” (2014). Since January 2014, he is the co-director of the National Dramatic Centre at Nanterre-Amandiers. In 2016, he created “Caspar Western Friedrich” and “Welcome to Caveland!” at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts, in Brussels. He is also the artistic director of the Prague Quadrennial in 2019.


• NOVEMBRO • 7 — 9 
Co-Presentation
With Teatro Nacional D. Maria II

© Martin Argyroglo

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Fri

15.11

Sat

16.11

RivoliGrand Auditorium

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Aditional info

  • 12.00€ • 1.50h • >12 
    Performance spoken in french with portuguese subtitles

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  • Concept, direction and set design Philippe Quesne
    With Isabelle Angotti, Jean-Charles Dumay, Léo Gobin, Yuika Hokama, Sébastien Jacobs, Thomas Suire, Thérèse Songue, Gaetan Vourc’h
    Assistant François-Xavier Rouyer
    Animals costumes Corine Petitpierre
    Original soundtrack Pierre Desprats
    Music excerpts Shea & Jasha Klebe, Pan Sonic, Frank Martin, Riz Ortolani, Debussy, Daniel Johnston, Chopin, Delinquent Habit, Frank Sinatra
    Lighting Thomas Laigle, Mickael Nodin
    Sound Samuel Gutman
    Stage manager Marc Chevillon
    Stage technician Joachim Fosset
    Dresser Pauline Jakobiak
    Dramaturgic collaboration Camille Louis
    Film César Vayssié
    Assisting camera Malgorzata Rabczuk
    Film extras Rodolph Auté, Marc Chevillon, Yvan Clédat, Cyril Gomez-Mathieu, Erwan Há Kyoon Larcher, Pauline Jakobiak, Thomas Laigle, Nicole Marsey, Mickael Nodin, Sandra Orain, Perle Palombe, Martine Servain, Emilien Tessier, Carole Zacharewicz
    Set and accessores construction Ateliers Nanterre-Amandiers
    With the support from The Fondation d’entreprise Hermès program “New Settings”
    Coproduction Théâtre National de Bretagne, HAU, Munchner Kammerspiele, Onassis Cultural Centre

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