2077. While humanity struggles to survive, plagued by economic precariousness and the consequences of climate change, part of the population lives in exile on Mars. Back on Earth, a father strives to maintain a relationship with his daughter who has gone to the Red Planet. La Distance is a miniature lost in the vastness of the cosmos. Through this dystopian yet not-improbable scenario, Tiago Rodrigues explores the consequences of our choices as much as the possibility of communication between generations. The artist sets two worlds face to face and imagines their dialogue in orbit as a series of very, very, very long-distance calls. He is joined for the occasion by actors Adama Diop and Alison Dechamps in an interplanetary setup in rotation, like two celestial bodies stuck in their respective orbits, alternatively coming closer and drifting apart.
في عام 2077، يعيش سكان الأرض تحت وطأة الهشاشة الاقتصادية والتغيرات المناخية. في هذا العالم المضطرب، يتساءل تياغو رودريغيز عن إمكانية التواصل بين أب وابنته التي غادرت الأرض للعيش على كوكب المريخ.
Distribution
With Alison Dechamps, Adama Diop
Text and direction Tiago Rodrigues
Translation Thomas Resendes, Daniel Hahn (English)
Scenography Fernando Ribeiro
Costumes José António Tenente
Lighting Rui Monteiro
Music Pedro Costa
Artistic collaboration Sophie Bricaire
Assistant director André Pato
Production
Production Festival d’Avignon
Coproduction Teatro stabile di Napoli Teatro Nazionale (Naples), Onassis Stegi (Athènes), La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand Scène nationale, Divadlo International Theatre Festival, Le Volcan Scène nationale du Havre, Teatre Lliure (Barcelone), Centro Dramatico Nacional (Madrid), Malakoff Scène nationale Théâtre 71, Culturgest (Lisbonne), De Singel (Anvers), Équinoxe Scène nationale de Châteauroux, Points communs Nouvelle Scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise / Val d’Oise, Piccolo Teatro di Milano Teatro d’Europa (Milan), Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg Scène européenne, NTCH Taiwan National Theatre and Concert Hall, Les Célestins Théâtre de Lyon, Théâtre du Bois de l’Aune (Aix-en-Provence), Théâtre de Grasse Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national Art & Création, Scènes et Cinés Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national Art en territoire (Istres), Le Bateau Feu Scène nationale de Dunkerque, Plovdiv Drama Theatre, Malta Festival (Poznan), Espace 1789 (Saint-Ouen)
With the support of the integration programme of the École du TNB Théâtre national de Bretagne and for the 79th edition of the Festival d'Avignon: Spedidam
Acknowledgements Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe (Paris)