ON TOUR / SINGULIS — L'Événement
by Annie Ernaux
Directed and performed by Françoise Gillard
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In "L’Événement", Annie Ernaux recounts three months of her life in detail, between October 1963 and January 1964, with the hindsight of several decades; three months covering the period between when she discovered she was pregnant and the days following her abortion.
Three months during which her decision was met by prejudice, morality and violence in a world shaped by male domination. In her encounter with an “angel maker”, she describes how she felt born as a woman. The necessity of her story only erases one guilt: that this “event” happened to her and that she had not been able, for so long, to write about it and thereby share it.
“There are few authors who do not have an enchanted, distorted, separate vision of reality. Few authors who know how to encapsulate the material fact in a few words without idealising it somewhat. It’s a matter of style. That is how Annie Ernaux writes: she knows how to give an account of reality without capital letters”, says Denis Podalydès, who directs Françoise Gillard in this production. The actress’ performance of the text highlights the importance of what is still unfortunately a contemporary issue. “The silence that still surrounds women who make this choice of abortion has never been so loud. I hope that through Annie Ernaux’s highly personal and intimate language, I will be able to make this little voice head, this cry of ‘Never again!’”
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Creative team
Concepted and performed by: Françoise Gillard
Lights design: Stéphanie Daniel
Costumes: Bernadette Villard
Artistic collaboration: Denis Podalydès
Assistant stage manager: Amélie Wendling
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