Adeline Rosenstein
+ More info- Live performance
- La Condition Publique, Roubaix
- 2H40
Laboratoire Poison
! Change of duration ! Due to one of the performers being unable to attend, the show will last 2h40.
In partnership with La rose des vents Scène nationale Lille Métropole Villeneuve d’Ascq
Laboratoire Poison is the theatrical revival of four research laboratories dealing with important resistance movements through history. A monument of documentary theatre, and a powerful homage to our continuing fight for freedom.
How does a hero become a hero? And how does a traitor become a traitor? For more than 5 years, the director Adeline Rosenstein has been doing wide-ranging research on the ones who are fighting and who have fought for freedom. In Laboratoire Poison, she uses the material she obtained through this research into four tableaux vivants. We see images of the Belgian communist resistance to the German Occupation, then the battle for Algerian independence after Algeria was colonized by France, and the battle of Congo, colonized by Belgium. The final episode underlines and explores the absence of women from these stories, through narratives of ex-fighters of Amilcar Cabral’s PAIGC in Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde.There are twelve performers, and the stories are a theatrical observation of the relationships of domination, violence and resistance in anti‑colonial history. An immersive, passionate experience, which leads us with intelligence and humor into the complexities of these political resistance movements.
This show mentions acts of violence that might be difficult to hear for some people.
- Presence of Bissau-Guinean Creole dialogues with French subtitles
Biography(s)
Adeline Rosenstein grew up in Geneva, where she studied clowning, acting and then directing at the Ernst Busch Academy in Berlin. Since the beginning of the 2000s, she has been developing a theatrical documentary piece. She has been living in Schaerbeek for 12 years and between 2011 and 2016, Rosenstein created six episodes of the series décris-ravage about the Palestinian issue (first in Berlin and then in Brussels), and since 2017 she has been working on the triptych Laboratoire Poison, portraying various resistance movements. She occasionally works in art and theatre schools. Rosenstein also writes or translates from German for different theatrical companies (Tête dans le Sac Marionnettes, Premiers Actes, Thibaut Wenger, Léa Drouet Vaisseau).”
Credits
Conception, writing and directing : Adeline Rosenstein
Assistance in drifting, dramaturgy and directing : Marie Devroux
Sound composition : Andrea Neumann & Brice Agnès
Avec Aminata Abdoulaye Hama, Marie Alié, Solange Muneme Makuwa, Habib Ben Tanfous, Marie Devroux, Salim Djaferi, Thomas Durcudoy, Rémi Faure El Bekkari, Titouan Quittot, Adeline Rosenstein, Talu, Christiana Tabaro en alternance avec Jérémie Zagba et Michael Disanka
Space and costumes: Yvonne Harder
Lights : Arié Van Egmond assisté de Benoît Serneels
Technical direction : Jean-François Philips, Raphael Noel
Light technician : Benoît Serneels
Illustration : Marie Alié
Translation : Ady Batista
Documentation : Saphia Arezki, Ady Batista
Historical views : Jean-Michel Chaumont (Poison 1), Saphia Arezki, Denis Leroux (Poison 2), Jean Omasombo Tshonda (Poison 3), Ângela Coutinho (Antipoison)
Production (Poison 2, Poison 3), documentation & dramaturgie (Antipoison) Hanna El Fakir
Production coordination : Maison Ravage – Edgar Martin
Diffusion and development : Habemus Papam
With special thanks to : Jenny Rosenstein, Luise Batista, Pidj Rigal, Tassi Rigal, Amandine Laval, Nour Ben Tanfous, Zoé Beausoleil, Mei Beausoleil – Durcudoy, Ronny Trocker, Severino, Efim
ANTIPOISON – Creation 2022
Production Maison Ravage, Comédie de Saint-Etienne and La Criée Théâtre national de Marseille
Coproduction ExtraPôle Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur*, Scène nationale Châteauvallon-Liberté, Théâtre national de Nice, Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne CDN
*Production platform supported by la Région SUD Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur rassemblant le Festival d’Avignon, le Festival de Marseille, le Théâtre National de Nice, le Théâtre national de Marseille La Criée, Les Théâtres, Anthéa, la scène nationale Liberté-Châteauvallon et la Friche la Belle de Mai
Laboratoire poison#3 – Creation 2021
Production Halles de Schaerbeek & Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne – Centre Dramatique National
Delegate Production Halles de Schaerbeek
Coproduction Maison Ravage (Bruxelles), Festival de Marseille, Théâtre Océan Nord (Bruxelles), Festival Sens Interdits (Lyon), Théâtre des 13 vents CDN Montpellier, La Coop asbl et Shelter Prod
Laboratoire poison#2 – Creation 2021
Production Little Big Horn et Halles de Schaerbeek
Coproduction Festival de Marseille
Supported by Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Service du Théâtre, Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne – Centre Dramatique National, Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, Théâtre Océan Nord (Bruxelles) Développé en Co-laBo (Gand),Taxshelter.be, ING, tax-shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge
Laboratoire Poison 2 benefited from a long residency at Théâtre Océan Nord (Bruxelles)
Laboratoire poison#1 – Creation 2019
Production Little Big Horn asbl in coproduction with le Théâtre la Balsamine and la Coop asbl
Corealization Théâtre La Criée et les Bancs Publics – festival Les Rencontres à l’échelle
Supported by Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Service du Théâtre et Service de la Promotion des lettres, de la Cocof et du Kulturcentrum Buda, taxshelter.be, d’ING, tax-shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge, Zoo Théâtre, Esact and Les Bancs Publics – lieu d’expérimentations culturelles
TRAHISON – research project, 2021-2022
Production, artistic coordination Maison Ravage
Supported by la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles- Service Arts de la Scène
Coproduction Halles de Schaerbeek
Advice Jean-Michel Chaumont, Paul Kerstens
In partnership with Collectif d’Art d’Art (RDC), Connexion Asbl, Théâtre Océan Nord, Centre culturel M’eko (RDC), compagnie Fladu Fla (Cap Vert)
Special thanks to the Batista family
