La reprise

One night in April 2012, Ihsane Jarfi got into a conversation with four young men on a street corner in front of a gay club in Liège. Two weeks later, he was found dead at the edge of a forest. He had been tortured and violently murdered for hours. The crime shakes the whole city. In La Reprise, for the first time, the murder is being reconstructed on stage.
Since it has existed, theatre has conjured up the dead, and ritualised sins and collective traumas. Author and director Milo Rau approaches tragedy as an allegorical crime play. What is at the root of a crime? Intention or coincidence? What role does the audience play? What is the fault of the collective? Can a crime be reconstructed at all? Who will be on stage?
Together with the four actors Sara De Bosschere, Sébastien Foucault, Johan Leysen and Tom Adjibi, warehouse keeper Fabian Leenders and dog sitter Suzy Cocco, he follows the trail of a terrible crime, in search of the fatal events and emotions of the tragic experience: loss and grief, lie and truth, disaster and fear, cruelty and terror. Professional and non-professional actors reflect on both the highs and lows of life and put themselves in the shoes of the protagonists of a brutal murder case. This creates a manifesto for a democratic 'theatre of the real'.
This performance was selected for the 2019 Theatre Festival and was awarded the 'Prix de la Critique' for best foreign performance.
'Better than a monument for the dead'Hassan Jarfi - father of the victim
With this first part, Milo Rau introduces the series Histoire(s) du Théâtre: a performative investigation into the oldest art form of mankind. Rau and his team return to the fundamental problems of their artistic work in the last 15 years: how to represent violence and traumatic events on stage? It is both a search for the core of the fundamentally tragic 'condition humaine' and a celebration of the power of theatre.
'The sensation of the Avignon festival (...) Mr. Rau managed to get to the heart of the senseless brutality of this crime, while questioning our experience of it as audience members'Laura Cappelle - New York Times
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Tom Adjibi, Suzy Cocco, Sara De Bosschere , Sébastien Foucault, Fabian Leenders, Johan Leysenconcept & direction
Milo Raudramaturgy & research
Milo Rau & ensembledramaturgical collaboration
Stefan Bläske , Carmen Hornbostelassistant dramaturgy
François Paccoset & costume design
Anton Lukasassistant set design
Patty Eggerickxsound design & technical direction
Jens Baudischlight design
Jurgen Kolbsinging teacher
Murielle Legrandfight choreographer
Cédric Cerbaradirection assistant
Carmen Hornbostelproduction
Mascha Euchner-Martinez, Eva-Karen Tittmanntechnical team on tour
Camera: Jim Gossens Bara, Geluid Video: Pierre-Olivier Boulant, Licht: Sylvain Faye, Sebastian Königsurtitling
Mustapha Aboulkhir, Richard Harris, Carmen Hornbostel , François Pacco, met de steun van ONDAfiguration
Mustapha Aboulkhir, Stefan Bläske , Tom De Brabandere, Elise Deschambre, Thierry Duirat, Stéphane Cornikowski, Kevin Lerat, François Pacco, Daniel Roche de Oliveira, Laura Sterckx, Adrien Varsalonaset and costume
Ateliers van Théätre National Wallonie-Bruxellesvideo
Maxime Jennes, Dimitri Petroviccamera
Masime Jennes, Moritz von Dungernmusical arrangement
Gil Mortiopublic relations iipm
Yven Augustinwith support of
het technische team van NTGent- 30 Jan 24 — Napoli Zon (IT) "In de Mercadante in Napels, Milo Rau's theater met twee werken" (aankondiging van ''The Interrogation' en ' La Reprise: Histoire du Théâtre I' van Milo Rau in Napels)
- 30 Jan 23 — De Standaard (BE) - 'Sparkle Awards bekronen Transgender Infopunt en Rainbow Ambassadors' (vermelding 'La Reprise')