Salomé
“Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.” Jean Cocteau
One evening, beneath a full-moon, Herod, Tetrarch of Judea, asks his step-daughter, the young and rather unsettling Salomé, to dance for him. In return, she demands of him the head of the prophet Iokanaan, which he holds prisoner.
A poetical manifesto stemming from the decadent movement, Salomé is a declaration of love to the French language, a meteor in the work of Oscar Wilde. The stakes are universal and timeless: temptation, faith, the law, mystery of life, and love and death. In this moon-inspired poem, imbibed with exoticism and strange sonorities, Wilde endows the different characters with the full range of feelings and emotions. Racked with melancholy, dementia and hatred, they are hunted down by their impulses, desires, and fantasies. This is, of course, reminiscent of the Wilde’s own experience of being tried in court because of his homosexuality.
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First performed in 2011
Format Large-scale
On tour From 2011 to 2014
Running time 1h20
Show suitable for audiences Over the age of 15 years old
Creative Team
With
Julien Buchy in the roles of the young Syrian and Jews
Anthony Courret in the role of the First Soldier
Jonathan Frajenberg in the role of the Second Soldier
Noémie Guedj in the role of Salome
Jérémie Le Louët in the role of Herod
David Maison in the roles of the Page of Herodias and Tigellin
Katarzyna Krotki then Dominique Massat in the role of Herodias
Stéphane Mercoyrol in the role of Iokanaan
Directed by Jérémie Le Louët
Scenography and costumes Christophe Barthès de Ruyter
Lighting Jean-Luc Chanonat
Sound Simon Denis
Stage management Simon Denis or Thomas Chrétien
Partners
A production by Les Dramaticules
Co-produced by Le Théâtre de Saint-Maur (94), le Théâtre des Quartiers d’Ivry (94), l’Espace Culturel André Malraux au Kremlin-Bicêtre (94) and le Théâtre de Rungis (94)
With development aid from Communauté d’agglomération du Val de Bièvre, Conseil régional d’Île-de-France and Conseil départemental du Val-de-Marne
Reviews
“Sculpted by Jérémie Le Louët, Salomé electrifies the stage. The tragic girl of passion decapitates the head of the audience and ensures that we stay with the action throughout. Far from providing us with answers to Oscar Wild’s unclassifiable piece, the director preserves the mystery that shrouds it in this superb, delicately decadent version.”
Sheila Louinet – Les Trois Coups – March 2011
“We are treated to a true symphony in all its decadence, infused with a strong verve. It also has a wild and disturbing musicality, to which we are welcome guests. As the programme states, the production is a “polyphonic variation”, which is as sumptuous as it is offbeat. The unsettling score we are confronted with is unsettling, its symbols placed here and there in an unforced way, to intelligent and subtle effect.”
Danièle Guérin – Rue des beaux arts – July 2012
“Jérémie Le Louët offers us his customary imaginary world and in which Wilde’s text seats perfectly. The spirit of decadence which takes over the stage takes on a meaning of its own.”
Anne-Marie Watelet et Camille Hazard – Un Fauteuil pour l’orchestre – June 2012
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Useful informations
First performed in 2011
Format Large-scale
On tour From 2011 to 2014
Running time 1h20
Show suitable for audiences Over the age of 15 years old