Six personnages en quête d'auteur
after Luigi Pirandello
directed by Marina Hands
translated into french by Fabrice Melquiot
adapted by Fabrice Melquiot and Marina Hands
Vx-Colombier
Vx-Colombier
Six personnages en quête...
2026-01-20 00:00:00 2026-03-01 00:00:00
As the master of plays within plays, Luigi Pirandello devised an original plot for this piece which premiered in Rome in 1921. A tedious rehearsal gathering actors, their director, and an engineer is stopped by a dysfunctional family of six characters looking for an author willing to write their story.
Pirandello came up with a genius idea: adding a layer of conflict to the family tensions, with the characters speaking up against the false truth of performers acting out their stories and their ability to adequately do so. According to Marina Hands, who is directing solo for the first time, the pressing desire to be “embodied” is a direct questioning of our time and the constant need to show off.
“What is a stage? […] A stage is a place where you play that you’re being serious”, as one of Pirandello’scharacters says. As an immense admirer of the Italian playwright’s work, Hands offers her own take with an immersive setting and a bifrontal set in which the audience is at the epicentre of the storm. In a Pirandello-like spirit, Marina Hands questions how much real life can infringe on the realm of theatre. As she constantly challenges the meaning of her craft, this fictitious creative team allows her to tackle the basis of the art’s necessity, for the artists and for the audience, while the future of theatre is uncertain.
This show premiered on June 5, 2024 at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
BOOKING OPENS IN LATE SEPTEMBER 25
2.00
Creative team
Adaptation: Fabrice Melquiot et Marina Hands
Direction: Marina Hands
Translation: Fabrice Melquiot
Scenography: Chloé Bellemère
Costumes: Bethsabée Dreyfus
Lighting: Bertrand Couderc
Sound: Jean-Luc Ristord
Artistic collaboration: Anne Suarez
Distribution
the company
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Thierry
See biography
Hancisse -
Coraly
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Zahonero -
Clotilde
See biography
de Bayser -
Serge
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Bagdassarian -
Adeline
See biography
d'Hermy -
Claire
See biography
de La Rüe du Can -
Adrien
See biography
Simion
and
Siméon Ruf
and
children
(cast to be announced)
