Léviathan

Created after a long immersion in the heart of the penal system, and particularly immediate appearance trials, Léviathan questions the fairness of institutional justice. Working with author Guillaume Poix, Lorraine de Sagazan draws inspiration from transformative justice and other alternatives to the traditional judge-punish-imprison model. Under a tent that serves as a makeshift courtroom, an echo to the installation presented at the Collection Lambert, Léviathan tries to understand—beyond good and evil—the ties between the legal system and the inequalities that govern our society, overturning certain obvious truths in the process. Through the biblical figure of the Leviathan, the show confronts us with violence and its regulation by law, asking this crucial question: who is the monster? 

El teatro como contra-espacio para cuestionar el funcionamiento del sistema judicial, pensar sus alternativas e imaginar distintos rituales simbólicos. 

Interview with Lorraine de Sagazan

With Khallaf Baraho, Jeanne Favre, Felipe Fonseca Nobre, Jisca Kalvanda, Antonin Meyer-Esquerré, Mathieu Perotto, Victoria Quesnel, Eric Verdin
Text Guillaume Poix
Text collaboration Lorraine de Sagazan
Conception and direction Lorraine de Sagazan
Dramaturgy Agathe Charnet, Julien Vella
Choreography Anna Chirescu
Sound Lucas Lelièvre
Music Pierre-Yves Macé
Set design Anouk Maugein
Lighting Claire Gondrexon
Costumes Anna Carraud
Video Jérémie Bernaert
Horse staging Thomas Chaussebourg
Masks Loïc Nebreda
Wigs Mityl Brimeur
Vocal work Juliette de Massy
Mask work Lucie Valon
Assistant director Antoine Hirel
Sound assistant Camille Vitté
Assistant set designer Valentine Lê
Lighting assistant Amandine Robert
Costumes assistants Marnie Langlois, Mirabelle Perot
Translation for surtitles Katherine Mendelsohn (English)
General and video Manager Vassili Bertrand
Stage Manager "Kourou"
Lighting Manager Paul Robin
Sound Manager Camille Vitté
Administration, production, diffusion Ambre Gély, Marine Mussillon, Carole Willemot (AlterMachine)
Press Camille Hakim Hashemi (AlterMachine)

Production La Brèche, La Comédie de Saint-Étienne Centre dramatique national
Coproduction Théâtre Gérard Philipe Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis, Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe (Paris), ThéâtredelaCité Centre dramatique national Toulouse Occitanie, La Comédie de Reims, Académie de France à Rome - Villa Médicis, Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne Centre dramatique national, Théâtre du Nord Centre dramatique national Lille Tourcoing Hauts-de-France, La Comédie de Béthune Centre dramatique national, Festival d'Avignon, Théâtre national de Bretagne (Rennes), Théâtre du Beauvaisis Scène nationale, La Passerelle Scène nationale de Saint-Brieuc, L'Azimut (Antony, Châtenay-Malabry), Centre dramatique national de Normandie-Rouen, Scène nationale 61 (Alençon)
With the support of Région Île de France and for the 78th edition of the Festival d'Avignon: Spedidam, Institut français du Royaume-Uni / Cross-Channel Theatre
Set construction and costumes La Comédie de Saint-Étienne Centre dramatique national, Atelier Coulon Tapissier (Paris), Ateliers couture du Théâtre national de Bretagne (Rennes)
With the artistic participation of Jeune Théâtre National Residences MC93 Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis Bobigny, Centquatre (Paris), Centre dramatique national de Normandie-Rouen, La Comédie de Valence Centre dramatique national Drôme-Ardèche, Théâtre Gérard Philipe Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis, Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe (Paris)
Residencies MC93 Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis Bobigny, Centquatre (Paris), Centre dramatique national de Normandie-Rouen, La Comédie de Valence Centre dramatique national Drôme-Ardèche, Théâtre Gérard Philipe Centre dramatique national de Saint-Denis, Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe (Paris), La Comédie de Saint-Étienne Centre dramatique national, ThéâtredelaCité Centre dramatique national Toulouse Occitanie
Acknowledgements Danaé Monnot, Cécile Geindre, all the people who agreed to meet us

Guillaume Poix's text is inspired by true events.

Recorded music performed by Silvia Tarozzi (violin) and Maitane Sebastián (cello).

La Brèche is supported by the Ministry of Culture - Ile-de-France.