R.A.G.E. is the second panel of a diptych on censorship.
It can be seen as companion piece to "Les Mains de Camille", based on the life of 19th-century sculptress Camille Claudel, who struggled against her era’s censorship.
R.A.G.E. is a also a linked to "White Dog"... it is a play about a male hero who passionately loves freedom of speech – and is largely successful in attaining it, thanks to his keen ability to manipulate conventions and impressions.
R.A.G.E. tells the life story of a man who tells the truth through fiction. A man who muses on life, and pulls off one of the 20th century’s most beautiful pranks. It is the tale of a successful and lovable impostor.
R.A.G.E. combines marionettes and magic: the visible gesture of an object being manipulated, and the invisible sleight-of-hand producing the magical effect: admitted, but hidden.
R.A.G.E. is driven by an idea of disappearance and renewal, of eternal virginity, of always emerging pure and new.
R.A.G.E. mixes everything up: audience and actors, set and stage. There are no walls or numbered seats. The auditorium becomes a realm for exploration, and the audience becomes a player in the drama.
R.A.G.E. are actually the initials of the character whose life inspired this show. Often, the true core of a man can be found in what he hides.
And we continue to guard the secret of his identity, sustaining the spirit of his subterfuge. We want to keep our R.A.G.E. intact.
RAGE
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STORY
PREMIERED IN 2015
ALL AUDIANCE FROM 13 YEARS-OLD
CAST
DURATION: 1H50
To Piero Pepin
Players: Brice Berthoud, Jonas Coutancier, Yvan Bernardet, Xavier Drouault, alternating with Gilles Marsalet, Sébastien Cirotteau & Helena Maniakis alternating with Noemi Waysfeld
Director: Camille Trouvé assisted by Saskia Berthod
Stage design: Brice Berthoud assisted by Margot Chamberlin
Sound : Piero Pepin, Xavier Drouault, Antoine Garry
Lighting design : Nicolas Lamatiere
Costumes : Severine Thiebault
Puppets : Camille Trouve with the help of Armelle Marbet and Amelie Madeline
Consultant : Raphael Navarro
Set building : Les Ateliers de la MCB° Scène nationale de Bourges
Stage props and mechanisms : Magali Rousseau
With the invaluable collaboration of Einat Landais, Marie Girardin, Vincent Muteau, Emmanuelle Lhermie, Jaime Olivares, Carole Allemand, Quentin Ruraux, Flora Chenaud-Joffort, Celine Batard
Continuous support: The team at Equinoxe - Scène nationale de Châteauroux
Written by Camille Trouvé et Brice Berthoud with excerpts from the Following books :
« La Promesse de l’Aube » by Romain Gary - Editions Gallimard
« Pseudo » and « Gros Câlin » by Romain Gary (Emile Ajar) - Mercure de France, droits théâtre gérés par les Editions Gallimard.
Co-production : Equinoxe - SN de Châteauroux, MCB° - SN de Bourges, Le Bateau Feu – SN de Dunkerque, Le Grand T - Théâtre de Loire-Atlantique, Les Quinconces / L’Espal – SC du Mans, L’Espace Jean Vilar d’Ifs, La Maison des Arts du Léman - SC de Thonon, TANDEM / L’Hippodrome – SN de Douai, Le Fracas - CDN de Montluçon, Le Polaris - Corbas, Le Théâtre du Cloître – SC de Bellac, Le Théâtre André Malraux à Chevilly-Larue, Théâtre Gérard Philipe - SC de Frouard, L’Hectare – SC de Vendôme, Quai des arts à Pornichet, Le Théâtre de Verre de Châteaubriant, Le Théâtre de l’Espace de Retz à Machecoul, Le Canal Théâtre du Pays de Redon- SC pour le théâtre, Quartier Libre à Ancenis.
With support from : Théâtre 71, SN de Malakoff, de La Ferme de Bel Ebat - Théâtre de Guyancourt, Théâtre de l’Hôtel de Ville à Saint-Barthélemy d’Anjou
SPEDIDAM, ARCADI and the artistic participation of the ENSATT
Production funded by a grant from la Région Centre