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Aucune idée

Christoph Marthaler

Aucune idée

What is the connection between the Swiss director Christoph Marthaler and the Scottish actor Graham F. Valentine? A student's complicity, music, countless performances and jokes shared and a pronounced taste for elegant irreverence, no doubt. Here they are together again, joined by Martin Zeller.

It so happened that by total coincidence, which probably owed more to telepathy, the young Graham knocked on the door of the boarding house run by the Marthalers one day in the early 1970s when beginning his literary studies in Zurich. And following a certain patronage feast, either hilarious or scandalous depending whose account you believe, the young and lanky student became an actor and singer for the tenants' son, Christoph.

From the Rote Fabrik, the hub of Zurich's independent scene, to the Cour d'Honneur du Palais des Papes in Avignon, from the decrepit atmosphere of the family boarding house at the Waldhaus in Sils-Maria with its old-fashioned chandelier, Christoph Marthaler and Graham F. Valentine have forged their path together, never in a straight line but not haphazardly either. Graham F. Valentine has gradually become, from show to show, a figure who is both knowledgeable and comical as an organiser of the hapless communities musically orchestrated by Marthaler.

A tyrannical butler, a deadpan master of ceremonies, an inept coordinator or a blind tour guide, he holds the power yet is controlled by it, observing everything out of the corner of his eye. The pair are alighting in Vidy for a few weeks to rehearse a new show together with the Zurich-based musician, viola da gamba player and baroque cellist Martin Zeller. The director, a modest but radical renovator of musical theatre, a lover of good food and familiar rituals, dedicates this show to his exceptional actor and singer, armed with a programmatic title: Aucune idée. Sometimes in the theatre, it is through the gaps that life creeps in.

From 26 June to 3 July 2021
Durée:
1h20
Pavillon

Theatre

  Création à Vidy

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - 8:00pm
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Wed 23.06 20h00
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Thursday, June 24, 2021 - 7:00pm
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Thu 24.06 19h00
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Friday, June 25, 2021 - 8:00pm
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Fri 25.06 20h00
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Saturday, June 26, 2021 - 6:00pm
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Sat 26.06 18h00
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Sunday, June 27, 2021 - 5:00pm
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Sun 27.06 17h00
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Christoph Marthaler

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Christoph Marthaler

C’est déjà au Théâtre de Bâle, et déjà sur une pièce d’Eugène Labiche, que le metteur en scène suisse-allemand Christoph Marthaler travaille pour la première fois avec la scénographe Anna Viebrock. on est en 1991, et elle produit un premier lieu à jouer pour L’affaire de la rue Lourcine. S’ensuit une collaboration très étroite entre les deux artistes, qui s’alimentent l’un l’autre jusqu’à aujourd’hui, jusqu’à cette Ile flottante. Et c’est en tandem aussi qu’ils pensent un nou- veau lieu pour le Schauspielhaus de Zurich, le Schiffbau, que Marthaler dirige de 2000 à 2004.
Depuis murx den europäer ! murx ihn! murx ihn ! murx ihn ab ! ein patriotischer abend (Bousille l’Euro- péen ! Bousille-le ! Bousille-le ! Bousille-le bien ! Une soirée patriotique) en 1994, Christoph Marthaler est une star du théâtre européen.
 Il a reçu de nombreux prix et distinctions pour son théâtre musical toujours décalé, comme en suspens, qui use de la dérision pour dire
 notre monde. Il a reçu l’Anneau Hans-Reinhart en 2011 et le Lion d'Or de la Biennale de Venise en 2015. Voir plus

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Credits

Conception and direction
Christoph Marthaler

Dramaturgy
Malte Ubenauf

Scenography
Duri Bischoff

Music
Martin Zeller

Costumes
Sara Kittelmann

Light 
Jean-Baptiste Boutte

Direction Assistant
Camille Logoz
Floriane Mésenge

Set and prop construction
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne ▼

Production
Marion Schwartz ▼

With
Graham F. Valentine
Martin Zeller

Production
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne

Coproduction
Festival d'Automne Théâtre de la Ville, Paris - Temporada Alta, Festival international de Catalunya Giron/Salt - TANDEM Scène nationale - Napoli Teatro - Festival Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg, scène européenne - Théâtre National de Nice – CDN Nice Côte d’Azur 

With the support of
Pro Helvetia, Fondation Suisse pour la Culture - Fondation Françoise Champoud

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Tour dates
1.06.2021 Disponible en 2021

Graham F. valentine

Actor

After obtaining a degree in modern languages, Graham F. Valentine studied drama in Aberdeen and Zurich and at the Jacques Lecoq International Theatre School in Paris. He developed a singular and unique style of acting that set him apart, a cross between the white face clown, the dishevelled scientist and the inspired poet, combining British deadpan humour and zany flights of fancy that rip through his tall, lanky frame. In the 1970s, as a student in 51 Zurich, he met Christoph Marthaler; they have remained inseparable ever since. From 2000 to 2004, he was a permanent member of the ensemble of the Schauspielhaus Zurich, then under the direction of Marthaler. In 2005 at the Festival d'Avignon, he acted in Le Cas de Sophie K by Jean-François Peyret. In 2014, he performed in Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the Teatro Real Madrid. He has performed at the Salzburg, Edinburgh and Ruhrtriennale festivals and has worked as a speaker and singer with the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Klangforum Vienna, the Scottish Opera, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and the Hebrides Ensemble, among many others.

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