François Gremaud stages the actor Aurélien Patouillard interpreting the text of a lecture given by astrophysicist and philosopher Aurélien Barrau on the urgent need to act for the future of our planet.
In this conference given at the Unil in 2019, Aurélien Barrau made a clear assessment of the state of natural resources. The verdict was severe: he reformulated and updated the evidence of the violence of human action on the living. It was also a reminder that it is not too late to change perspective, and that things could be different.
François Gremaud, for his part, has made theatre the place of the vibrant, liberated and supreme joy that is contained in every form of knowledge, emotion and sharing. Here he combines his civic commitment and his pleasure in staging remarkable performers. Addressing our hearts as much as our minds, by having the text of this conference performed on stage by a different Aurélien, he allows us to listen differently to a message that scientists from all over the world have been repeating for more than 30 years and that has fallen on deaf ears.
Created on the occasion of the artistic laboratory concluding the first cycle of Imaginaires des futurs possibles in June 2020 at Vidy, Auréliens redoubles the strength of ideas thanks to the pleasure of the stage and re-energises us to engage with the future in a different way.
| Wednesday, July 7, 2021 - 9:00pm | Wed 07.07 | 21h00 | |
| Thursday, July 8, 2021 - 9:00pm | Thu 08.07 | 21h00 | |
| Friday, July 9, 2021 - 9:00pm | Fri 09.07 | 21h00 | |
| Saturday, July 10, 2021 - 9:00pm | Sat 10.07 | 21h00 |
Director
François Gremaud fonde en 2005 la 2b company à Lausanne. Acteur et metteur en scène, ses propositions scéniques jouent d’une littéralité habile et d’un art consommé de l’absurde à partir de situations concrètes et en apparence conventionnelles. Mais à chaque fois il s’agit pour lui de mettre en scène le plaisir du théâtre lui-même, cet « art vivant qui ne cesse de célébrer la joie profonde d’être au monde ». Au répertoire de la 2b company, la Conférence de choses, coécrite et interprétée par Pierre Misfud et dont la version intégrale dure huit heures, ou Phèdre!, spectacle avec Romain Daroles conçu d’abord pour les classes à l’invitation de Vidy, sont en tournée dans le monde entier. L’évolutif X minutes du collectif Schick/Gremaud/Pavillon a été présenté lors des Programme Commun de 2015 et 2017. Vidy a consacré une semaine au répertoire de la 2b company, dont les créations du collectif Gremaud/Gurtner/Bovay, en juin 2018. Il participe au cycle des Imaginaires des futurs possibles à Vidy en 2019/2020. Giselle… est le deuxième volet de la trilogie que François Gremaud entend consacrer à trois grandes figures féminines tragiques des arts vivants classiques : Phèdre (théâtre), Giselle (ballet) et Carmen (Opéra).
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"La catastrophe écologique vue par François Gremaud"
Concept and direction
François Gremaud
Text
Conférence by Aurélien Barrau
adaptation by François Gremaud
With
Aurélien Patouillard
Production
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne - 2b company
Show created as part of the Théâtre des futurs possibles, a project designed and produced by the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, the University of Lausanne and the Fondation Zoein.
| 18.06.2021 | Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne, Strasbourg (FR) |
| 10.08 - 12.08.2021 | Théâtre de l’Orangerie, Genève (CH) |
| 4.09.2021 | Espace Cardin, Paris (FR) |
| 21.09 - 22.09.2021 | Festival Actoral, Marseille (FR) |
| 5.10 - 6.10.2021 | FAB Bordeaux, Bordeaux (FR) |
| 8.10 - 9.10.2021 | L’Usine à Gaz, Nyon (CH) |
| 15.12 - 16.12.2021 | Théâtre du Fil de l'eau, Pantin (FR) |
| 11.01 - 14.01.2022 | La Comédie de Valence, Valence (FR) |
| 22.03 - 23.03.2022 | Les Deux Scènes, Besançon (FR) |
| 4.04 - 5.04.2022 | La Passerelle, Scène Nationale Gap, Gap (FR) |
| 7.04.2022 | Théâtre C.Liger, Nîmes (FR) |
| 1.05.2022 | Association Tandem Arras, Douai (FR) |
Astrophysicist
Aurélien Barrau is a French astrophysicist specialized in general relativity, in the physics of astroparticles, particles of the interstellar medium, and in the physics of black holes. He works at the Laboratory of Subatomic Physics and Cosmology in Grenoble and teaches at the University of Grenoble-Alpes. He is currently interested in quantum gravitation. He is also a Doctor of Philosophy. Very committed to environmental protection and sustainable development, Aurélien Barrau is notably known for having launched in 2019 an appeal signed by more than 200 personalities, calling for "firm and immediate" public action to fight against global warming.
Actor
Aurélien Patouillard began by studying applied physics in Paris. In 2000, he goes to meet the penguins of Patagonia for a performance work in the company of the visual artist Dalila Bouzar. On his return, he joined a dance company before joining La Manufacture in 2004. Since then, he has alternated between theatre and film roles, directing and collective projects within the Lausanne collective Zooscope. In Vidy, he played in Le Direktor (2018) and Le Royaume (2019) under the direction of Oscar Gomez Mata.
