_jeanne_dark_
, 2020
On Instagram she is _jeanne_dark_: age 16, Catholic family, taunted for her virginity. One evening in a moment of solitude, stressed out, she uses her phone and goes online to vent her pain, the intimidation she is subjected to, the overbearing parents, the all-consuming rage and tears. It is a moment of release, of excoriation, of self-assertion. The audience follows her posts, commenting in real time on her cries and whispers.
Jeanne Dark is alive, vibrant, living in the here and now. Welcome to The Maid of Orleans, version 3.0.
Brought to life by the grace and power of the actress Helena de Laurens, the writer and director Marion Siéfert has crafted a masterful performance. The clout of social media, the public display of intimate, private moments, a disquieting sexuality; but above all, the raw power of unfiltered speech and the inventive portrayal of her demons. The character, placed on the bonfire of social media, is transformed. From the digital ashes of a fragile young girl emerges a contemporary heroine.
This show obtained the digital prize from the Professional Union of Critics of Theater, Music and Dance, with a special mention.
1 hour 30 minutes
Marion Siéfert
Helena de Laurens
Emilie Cazenave, Marion Siéfert en alternance
Matthieu Bareyre
Nadia Lauro
Manon Lauriol
Johannes Van Bebber
Antoine Briot
Babett Niclas
Valentine Solé
Karin Westerlund
Jean-Baptiste Veyret-Logerias
Chloé Bouju
Jérémy Oury
Marine Brosse
Cécile Jeanson
Anne Pollock
production
Ziferte Productions et La Commune CDN Aubervilliers
coproduction
Théâtre Olympia – CDN de Tours, Théâtre National de Bretagne – Rennes, La Rose des vents – scène nationale de Villeneuve d’Ascq, Festival d’Automne à Paris, CNDC Angers, L’Empreinte – scène nationale Brive-Tulle, Centre Dramatique National d’Orléans, TANDEM – scène nationale Arras-Douai, Théâtre Nouvelle Génération – CDN de Lyon, Le Maillon-Strasbourg, Kunstencentrum Vooruit-Gand, Théâtre Sorano – Toulouse, Théâtre de Liège
soutiens
POROSUS, Fonds de dotation et de M.A.C COSMETICS
aide à la production
DRAC Île-de-France. Action financée par la Région Île-de-France
accueils en résidence
T2G – CDN de Gennevilliers et La Ménagerie de verre dans le cadre du Studiolab
réalisation scénographie
Ateliers Nanterre-Amandiers
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