Les Perses

Every year, the Festival d’Avignon invites Gwenaël Morin to create a show as part of the Démonter les remparts pour finir le pont (Dismantle the walls to finish the bridge) project. As its playfully provocative title suggests, its aim is to turn obstacles into opportunities for collective creation. In previous editions, the director met local performers who, in his own words, helped him make theatre. With them at his side, he once again takes on one of the great works of the repertoire, guided by his instinctive relationship with the text. Never afraid to tackle ancient works – sometimes dating back millennia – Gwenaël Morin’s theatre refuses to erase their fundamental strangeness, instead embracing the distance that separates us from these texts as a necessary condition for dialogue. 

برفقة مؤدين محليين تم لقاؤهم خلال ورشات المسرح، يعود جوينايل مورين إلى عملٍ رمزي من الموسوعة، متقبّلاً الغرابة، وباحثاً عن فرصةً للحوار في الأفق. 

Interview with Gwenaël Morin

With Jeanne Bred, Fabrice Lebert, Gilféry Ngamboulou, and Julie Palmier, professional performers met during the open workshop led in Avignon since 2023 by Gwenaël Morin

Adaptation, direction, and set design Gwenaël Morin
Assistant director Canelle Breymayer
Lighting Philippe Gladieux
Technical manager Loïc Even
Production management Emmanuelle Ossena, Charlotte Pesle Beal

Production déléguée Compagnie Gwenaël Morin - Théâtre Permanent 
Coproduction Festival d’Avignon
Residency Festival d’Avignon, Maison Jean Vilar (Avignon) 

The company Gwenaël Morin – Théâtre Permanent receives support from the DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.