Svante Pääbo – laureate of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine – embarked in the 1990s on a daring quest: to decipher Neanderthal DNA and compare it with that of modern humans. His discoveries speak to us about our place in the world. In Neandertal, scientists attempt to rewrite the history of human origins by deciphering fragments of ancient DNA. Life and research intertwine, collide, and influence each other, while their findings, brought out of the solitude of laboratories, dismantle any notion of racial or ethnic purity.
An atypical approach to an ingenious idea at the end of which is a profound meditation on human nature. Scenography: Lisa Navarro Collaborator: Margaux Nessi Light: Jérémie Papin Collaborator: Rosemonde Arrambourg Video: Jérémie Scheidler Interaction and video designer: Jérémie Gaston-Raoul Sound: Loïc Le Roux Collaborator: Orane Duclos Original soundtrack: Jérémie Arcache Costume: Benjamin Moreau Collaborator: Florence Demingeon Assistant directors: Aurélien Hamard-Padis, Jade Maignan Dramaturgy: Quentin Rioual Artistic advice: Juliette Navis General stage management: Nicolas Hénault Stage management: Kayla Krog English surtitles: Jennifer Gay
On tour: General stage management: Sylvain Tardy Stage management: Nicolas Hénault Lighting: Rosemonde Arrambourg Video: Julien Reis Sound: Orane Duclos Dresser: Arlette Ricard General and tour management: Noura Sairour Production management: Laëtitia Fabaron Press relations: AlterMachine, Carole Willemot
Scientific advisors: Évelyne Heyer & Sophie Lafosse (eco-anthropolog, Musée de l'Homme), Cyrille Le Forestier (archaeo-anthropology, INRAP), Julie Birgel (CAGT)
Freely inspired by: Néandertal, à la recherche des génomes perdus de Svante Pääbo, Les liens qui libèrent, 2015 Rosalind Franklin, la Dark lady de l’ADN de Brenda Maddox, Des femmes-Antoinette Fouque, 2012 Les fossoyeuses de Taina Tervonen, Marchialy, 2021 Production: Compagnie Lieux-Dits
Co-produced by: Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne - Centre dramatique national, Théâtre de Lorient - Centre dramatique national, Comédie - Centre dramatique national de Reims, Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis, Théâtre-Sénart - Scène nationale, ThéâtredelaCité - CDN Toulouse Occitanie, Comédie de Genève, MAIF Social Club, Festival d'Avignon, Le Canal - Théâtre du pays de Redon - Scène conventionnée d'intérêt national art et création pour le théâtre, Théâtre d'Arles, Malakoff Scène nationale, MC93 Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis à Bobigny, Le Gallia Théâtre - Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national art et création de Saintes, Théâtre de Choisy-le-Roi - Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national art et création pour la diversité linguistique
With the support of: DGCA - Ministère de la Culture, la vie brève - Théâtre de l’Aquarium (Paris), CNDC - Théâtre Ouvert
Funded by: Région Île-de-France and Département du Val-de-Marne
Compagnie Lieux-Dits is accredited by the Ministère de la Culture - DRAC île-de-France and the Departement du Val-de-Marne as part of its development aid.
Cast: David Geselson, Adeline Guillot, Jan Hammenecker, Laure Mathis, Elios Noël, Olga Abolina și Valentin Mussou (cello), Marine Dillard (drawings)
Performance in French, with translation into Romanian and English Duration: 2h 25min Date of premiere: 06.07.2023 Original title: Neandertal France
Program and Access
20 June,
17:00
Sala mare TNRS
16+
2h 25min
130 / 80 LEI
Tickets available soon
21 June,
19:00
Sala mare TNRS
16+
2h 25min
130 / 80 LEI
Tickets available soon
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