Avec Contes et légendes, Joël Pommerat se fait prophète de notre monde en mutation.Télérama

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Different from the sensational and dramatic robot mutiny plots in sci-fi movies, Joël Pommerat’s latest work Contes et légendes focuses on young adults, the emotional connection between adults and AI, family and social interactions. Pommerat brings to the stage a slightly futuristic world, exploring a future world where humans and robots coexist, and the deviation and replacement of contemporary values after the emergence of artificial intelligence.

Contes et légendes focuses on interpersonal relationships and identities. Pommerat highlights adolescent period and introduces the social phenomena he observed. The story presents nearly perfect robots and coming-of-age adolescents. The contrast between “organic” development of personality and big data “constructed” robot program begs the question of where the line between “reality” and “virtuality” is. With fast-paced scenes and humorous language, Pommerat once again dares the audience to face the complexity of human emotions.

Compagnie Louis Brouillard

In 1990, Pommerat founded the Compagnie Louis Brouillard. With “brouillard” (fog) followed by "Louis" with a sound like the French verb “luire” (to light), the name clearly indicates Pommerat’s theater approach: moving between revealing and concealing, light and darkness. Their production deliberately pursues "darkness" and is obsessive about light being precise and delivering "quite dark but not pitch-dark" effect. Pommerat believes that when the audience can't see the actors clearly, they can focus on the work and see themselves in it.

Since 2006, the company has won many French theater awards, including two consecutive Molière Awards for Best Company, highest honor in the French theater in 2010 (for Cercles/Fictions) and 2011 (for Ma Chambre Froide).

Theatrical Creation / Joël Pommerat

Cast / Prescillia Amany Kouamé, Jean-Édouard Bodziak, Elsa Bouchain, Justine Lou Dhouailly, Angélique Flaugère, Lucie Grunstein, Lucie Guien, Marion Levesque, Angéline Pelandakis, Lenni Prézelin

Scenography & Lights / Éric Soyer

Technical Director / Emmanuel Abate

Assistant Technical Director / Thaïs Morel

Costumes & Visual Researches / Isabelle Deffin

Dressers (creation) / Tifenn Morvan, Karelle Durand, Lise Crétiaux

Makeup & Wig Design/ Julie Poulain

Dresser / Manon Denarié

Sound Design / François Leymarie, Philippe Perrin

Music Director/ Antonin Leymarie

Original Music Recorded by / Ève Rissier, Clément Petit, Isabelle Sorling,

Benjamin Bailly, Justine Metral, Hélène Maréchaux

Dramaturgy / Marion Boudier

Assistant Dramaturgy / Élodie Muselle

Assistant Director / Garance Rivoal

Assistant Observer / Daniely Francisque

Assistant / Axel Cuisin, Lucia Trotta

Sound Engineer / Philippe Perrin

Light Engineer / Julien Chatenet

Stage Technicians / Olivier Delachavonnery, Héloïse Fizet

Surtitles / Jorge Tomé

Stage Decors made by Ateliers de Nanterre – Amandiers

Furniture made by Thomas Ramon – ARTOM

Co-production / National Performing Arts Center, Taiwan R.O.C.- National Taichung Theater, Nanterre-Amandiers - Centre dramatique national, La Coursive, Scène nationale de La Rochelle, Comédie de Genève, Festival d’Anjou, La Criée - Théâtre National Marseille, Théâtre français du Centre national des Arts du Canada – Ottawa, La Filature - Scène nationale de Mulhouse, Le Théâtre Olympia – Centre dramatique national de Tours, Espace Malraux - Scène nationale de Chambéry et de la Savoie, Bonlieu - Scène nationale d'Annecy, Espace Jean Legendre - Théâtre de Compiègne, La Comète - Scène nationale de Châlons-en-Champagne, Le Phénix - Scène nationale de Valenciennes, L’Estive - Scène nationale de Foix et de l’Ariège, MC2: Grenoble - Scène nationale, Le Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord ; ThéâtredelaCité – CDN Toulouse Occitanie, le Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelle