LA LETTRE

Pièce commune / Volksstück

  • Show
  • Theatre
  • Itinérancy

Milo Rau

Switzerland – France / Created for the Festival d'Avignon 2025 / Production of Festival d'Avignon

Use of dummy firearms.

Drawing from the family histories of young artists, Milo Rau explores the events that alter the course of a life, and creates a performance that doubles as a manifesto on what popular theatre can be today.

LA LETTRE, Milo Rau, 2025 © Christophe Raynaud de Lage / Festival d’Avignon

Presentation

Poking fun at the premise that a young artist is shaped as much by their roles as by their family history, Milo Rau explores, in this scenic etude, the events that imperceptibly alter the course of our lives: generational conflicts, political history, love, and death. Lighthearted and full of humour, seeking to create theatre by creating a community, LA LETTRE is a manifesto on what popular theatre can be today. From the story of Joan of Arc to Chekhov’s The Seagull, the performance unfolds on multiple levels, in a constant back-and-forth between art and life. Even the dead return to the stage, with the help of recorded voices. 

انطلاقاً من القصص العائلية للفنانين الشباب، يستعرض ميلو راو الأحداث التي تسبب انحراف مسار حياةٍ ويقدّم أداء وبياناً فنياً لما قد يكون مسرحاً شعبياً في يومنا الحاضر. 

Interview with Milo Rau

Distribution

With Arne De Tremerie, Olga Mouak
And the voices of Anne Alvaro, Isabelle Huppert, Jocelyne Monier, and Marijke Pinoy

Direction Milo Rau
Text Milo Rau and the team
Dramaturgy Giacomo Bisordi
Assistant direction Giacomo Bisordi, Edward Fortes
Scenography, sound, lighting, costumes, and props Milo Rau and Giacomo Bisordi
Assistant costumes and props Julie Louvain
Tour technical director Emmanuel Rieussec
Production technical director Laurent Berger
Sound manager Sébastien Dorne

Production

Production Festival d’Avignon 
Coproduction Éclat Centre national des arts de la rue et de l’espace public (Aurillac), Théâtre de la Manufacture Centre dramatique national Nancy Lorraine, Théâtre Silvia Monfort (Paris), Théâtre public de Montreuil Centre dramatique national, Théâtre du Champ au Roy Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national Art & Création (Guingamp), Le Canal Théâtre de Redon Agglomération Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national, CCAS Activités sociales de l’énergie, Scène 55 Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national Art & Création (Mougins), Théâtre Durance Scène nationale (Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban), La Soufflerie Scène conventionnée de Rezé
With the support of Fondation d'entreprise AG2R LA MONDIALE pour la vitalité artistique
Acknowledgements Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe (Paris), Stéphane Braunschweig and the team of La Mouette, Les Plateaux Sauvages (Paris), La Commune Centre dramatique national d’Aubervilliers 

Performances in partnership with Objectif Gard

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LA LETTRE

Pièce commune / Volksstück
  • Show
  • Theatre
  • Itinérancy
  • Milo Rau

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