Exploring the Artistic Journey: From Actress to Writer and Director

2024-01-03 03:03:52
What was your background in a few words? “I grew up in La Mothe-Saint-Héray, in Sud-Deux-Sèvres, I went to high school in Melle. After my baccalaureate, economics with theater option, I went to university in Paris, in Modern Literature, then I turned more resolutely towards theater which I had practiced sporadically since childhood. I went to a private school, Les Ateliers du Sudden, for three years, and to university where I completed two masters degrees, one in research in theater studies and the other in directing and dramaturgy. My desire for theater is very linked to childhood, the small projects carried out at school, at college the shows staged by the choir… Everything that contributes to the artistic experience of youth. » From an actress, why did you move on to writing and directing? “I was first an actress because when you want to do theater, the first place to practice is acting. Then directing was for me a way to feel free. In the projects that I create, what really interests me is putting reality on the theater stage, and therefore being in very realistic codes of play to engage real emotions and talk to people regarding their lives, to cause a mirror effect. I like to echo universal questions through a unique journey. By tackling certain subjects, theater, like cinema or books, lightens us. » To what extent is this triple show inspired by your life? “It is autofictional: it is inspired by my experience but I allow myself the tools of fiction. Everything is true and everything is false. It’s not a documentary regarding my life, which would be boring (smile). In the three shows, the character is my fictional double at 9, 13 and 19 years old, therefore in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. I came up with the shows independently but they create a character’s path. Playing them in their complete form offers a long-lasting experience. For spectators, it’s a four and a half hour show, with intermissions during which they can eat and drink. It’s a bit like a theater series, which questions what it’s like to grow up. At the beginning I was very cautious, I don’t like therapy on stage. But the first show spoke to people a lot and I hadn’t finished telling the family ties, so I wrote the second, then the third. For me, it’s very joyful. I talk regarding my life with humor and seriousness at the same time. For many people, there is a taboo around the family, something subversive regarding thinking regarding one’s family history, regarding making it a public work. The strong injunction to love one’s family erases the ambivalence of family relationships. The show shows that it doesn’t matter, that we have the right to do that and that it doesn’t kill anyone. » You presented it last year at the Moulin du Roc, in Niort. At home then… “It’s always a pleasure to come back to my region. Playing in Niort was very special. In the audience there were my middle school teachers, my high school friends… It was very nice, with a lot of emotional charge. And then, even if the show carries universal values, there are local references that local people particularly enjoy, which adds added value. » What are your plans for followingwards? “I am currently on tour with Ressources Humaines, which I will play in Niort on January 23. I am also working on the continuation of the trilogy (sic), a chapter IV, as well as on an adaptation of The Law of the Market, by Stéphane Brizé, my third revival of a film, still with the same team. I have a particular taste for stories that mix intimate and social issues, and they are dealt with quite a bit in cinema. I like to grab an object that I can adapt in another format. » Elise Noiraud, Chapter I: The American banana, January 10 at 7:30 p.m.; Chapter 2: So that you love me once more, January 11 at 7:30 p.m.; Chapter 3: The field of possibilities, January 12 at 7:30 p.m.; Elise (trilogy, 4.5 hours with intermissions), January 13 at 5 p.m., at the Poitiers Auditorium Theater. More information : http://www.7apoitiers.fr/article/22817-l…
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