The École supérieure de théâtre Bordeaux Aquitaine has built strong ties with Argentinian theatre. Working with Sergio Boris, a director of the new Buenos Aires scene, the students of the third graduating class of the school have dived into the capital, attracted by its vitality and unique identity.Starting with this very real situation—fourteen young Frenchmen and -women and one Argentinian come together to put on a play—Sergio Boris has imagined a dramatic situation and explored the ideological symbols tied to both France and Argentina. Come to study theatre in Buenos Aires, a group of French students are struck by an unknown illness that forces them, inexplicably, to stay there. Two years later, they're living in an abandoned house, on the banks of the delta of the Rio de la Plata, in the neighbourhood of Tigre. The picture of health when they first set foot in Argentina, they now seem to be suffering from a strange disease. They hunt, fish, speak broken Spanish, cannot or will not go home. Their only human contact is with the Other, the owner of the ship bringing them supplies, who comes every two weeks.Then, on a stormy night, three new Frenchmen arrive, seeking refuge. From there, Sergio Boris asks the student-actors to question their own experience abroad and among strangers, and to reflect on the concepts of identity, of belonging, and of diaspora.
Created in 2007 within the TnBA (National Theatre de Bordeaux Aquitaine), the École supérieure de théâtre Bordeaux Aquitaine is a signatory member of the charter for the higher education of actors which, at the initiative of the Ministry of Culture, brings together eleven professional dramatic schools. Catherine Marnas has been its director since 2014. Among the school's founding principles is the desire to allow students to experience international dramatic practices. In 2015, within the framework of a partnership with directors Claudio Tolcachir and Sergio Boris, the current graduating class had the opportunity to spend a month working in Buenos Aires.
Distribution
Conception and direction Sergio Boris,
Scenography and costumes Gabriela Aurora Fernandez
Assistant director Adrían Silber
Light Matías Sendón
Translation Gabriel Caraballo-Clément and the team of Théâtre national de Bordeaux en Aquitaine
With the students of the second year of éstba
Jérémy Barbier, Yohann Bourgeois, Raphaël Caire, Clémentine Couic, Simon Delgrange, Alyssia Derly, Annabelle Garcia, Anthony Jeanne, Ji Su Jeong, Pierre Magnin, Axel Mandron, Julie Papin, Sophie Richelieu, Malou Rivoallan
Production
Production École supérieure de théâtre Bordeaux Aquitaine
Executive production Théâtre national de Bordeaux en Aquitaine
In collaboration with Festival d'Avignon
Coordination Ligne Directe - Judith Martin
With the support of Programme Afrique et Caraïbes en créations de l'Institut français (Institut français / Ville de Bordeaux), Institut français d'Argentine and Ministère de la Culture de la Ville de Buenos Aires