Comédie: Lysistrata

-Lysistrata d'Aristophane SUDDEN THEATRE
The theatre has an English name, Sudden Theatre, but 99% of its works are in French. There was a lot of singing, I'd say about half the cast was hired for their singing skills. The key roles were taken by professional actors. After the women had established the situation and made clear their intentions to deprive their menfolk of sex unless they stop making war, the men arrive (half-masked) and proceeded to do a haka. It was a copy of the best known All Black's haka, intended to display their warring frame of mind, their readiness to fight, and their inability to find peaceful solutions. It was not done disrespectfully, but it certainly took me by surprise. To further emphasise the unity and teamsmanship of their bellicose mind-space, not long after the men formed a scrum, with all of the genital grabbing gestures rugby fans take for granted. The whole thing was more of a satire on rugby, than on the All Blacks or Maori culture ... and yet .... So there you have it. New Zealand writer and classical specialist Ted Jenner would have enjoyed the production. It used a traditional setting, with polystyrene columns and a raised framed structure centre stage, which led to more mysterious places. The robes and masks were Greek in flavour. Aristophanes' sense of mischievous fun prevailed. The sex-starved men eventually appeared with phallic attachments pushing out from under their robes. There were no further New Zealand references. [L'écrivain est nèo-zélandais d'origine].
# écrit le 14/06/11 , a vu cet évènement avec BilletReduc.com