Madame Bovary
An adaptation of Gustave Flaubert’s novel into object theatre
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The dyptych
Madame Bovary in the first part and Carmen in the second mirror one another over the course of an evening... To find out more please contact the company here.
Emma, who dreamed with a passion comparable to those of the novels she devours, finds herself married to a dull country doctor lacking ambition. She alleviates her boredom by taking two lovers and indulging in a few extravagant purchases, but financial difficulties and male dirty tricks will vanquish her fantasies and her life’.
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Prix de L’Enseignement Secondaire et Coup de cœur de la presse aux Rencontres Théâtre jeune public de Huy 2010
In the press
With Agnès Limbos stage directing, Marie Delhaye recreates the tragic fate of Madame Bovary in a subtle object theatre and a stage presence steeped in finesse
In terms of revisited classics, the adaptation of Madame Bovary into object theatre by the Karyatides company is a minor miracle of finesse. Within it Flaubert is condensed, it is true. But the essential aspects are rendered in a process involving acting with dolls, silhouettes, a theatre set and an actress handler supported by an astonishing soundtrack of parodic verve
And so we have the masterpiece of French literature joyfully deconsecrated, embodied, on a table, in candlelight, by a pink-cheeked delicate doll, a few plastic cows and stylised figurines
Distribution
Concept: Marie Delhaye
Acting: Marie Delhaye en alternance avec Julie Nathan
Stage direction: Agnès Limbos
Adaptation: Marie Delhaye, Françoise Lott
Sound design: Guillaume Istace
Lighting design: Karl Descarreaux
Stage management: Karl Descarreaux et Dimitri Joukovsky (en alternance)
Costumes: Françoise Colpé
Constructions: Marie Delhaye, Zoé Tenret, Olivier Waterterkeyn
Illustrations and artwork: Antoine Blanquart
With the voices of: Karine Birgé, Milena Bridonneau, Pedro Cabanas, Paul Camus, Jean Debefve, Jean-Louis Delhaye, Estelle Franco, François de Saint George, François Sauveur
A Karyatides company production
In co-production with Cie Gare Centrale.
Produced with the aid of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Ministry – Theatre Department.
Files & Professional Space
The dyptych
Madame Bovary in the first part and Carmen in the second mirror one another over the course of an evening... To find out more please contact the company here.
