LACRIMA
Show in French, with scenes in French Sign Language, Tamil, English Author and director – Caroline Guiela Nguyen
FSL, English, Tamil translation – Nadia Bourgeois, Carl Holland, Rajarajeswari Parisot
Cast Members – Dan Artus, Dinah Bellity, Natasha Cashman, Charles Vinoth Irudhayaraj, Anaele Jan Kerguistel, Maud Le Grevellec, Liliane Lipau, Nanii, Rajarajeswari Parisot, Vasanth Selvam
On video – Nadia Bourgeois, Charles Schera, Fleur Sulmont
Voices of – Louise Marcia Blévins, Béatrice Dedieu, David Geselson, Jessica Savage-Hanford, Maya S Krishnan
Artistic collaboration – Paola Secret
Set – Alice Duchange
Costumes and High Fashion’s pieces – Benjamin Moreau
Lights – Mathilde Chamoux, Jérémie Papin
Sound – Antoine Richard
In collaboration with – Thibaut Farineau
Music – Jean-Baptiste Cognet, Teddy Gauliat-Pitois, Antoine Richard
Video – Jérémie Scheidler
Motion design – Marina Masquelier
Hairstyles, hairpieces and makeup – Émilie Vuez
Casting – Lola Diane
Stage Management – Stéphane Descombes, Xavier Lazarini
Dramaturgy trainees – Louison Ryser, Tristan Schinz (TnS drama school students, dramaturgy section, Groupe 48)
Directing trainee – Iris Baldoureaux-Fredon
Sound trainee – Ella Bellone
Dramaturgy assistant – Hugo Soubise
Artistic consultants – Juliette Alexandre, Noémie de Lapparent
Recorded music – Quadar Adastra-quatuor à cordes
Surtitling – Panthéa
Set, costumes and embroideries have been made in-house by the TnS workshops.
TOURING PRODUCTION
Stage Managers –Fabrice Henches, Abdelkarim Rochdi
Sound Technician –Lola Etiève
Video Technician – Marion Comte
Light Technicians – Thibault D’Aubert, Valérie Marti
Dresser – Bénédicte Foki
Surtitles Operator – Philippe Suss
Assistant Director – Julien Fisera
Producers – Isabelle Nougier, Dorine Blaise
Production – Théâtre national de Strasbourg
Co-produced by – Festival TransAmériques de Montréal (Canada); La Comédie – Centre dramatique national de Reims; Points communs — Nouvelle scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise; Théâtres de la Ville du Luxembourg; Centro Dramático Nacional de Madrid (Espagne); Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa (Italie) ; Wiener Festwochen | Freie Republik Wien (Autriche); Théâtre national de Bretagne – Centre dramatique national, Festival d’Avignon, Les Hommes Approximatifs
With the support of – the Odéon – Théâtre de l’Europe, du Centre national des dramaturgies contemporaines (CNDC) – Théâtre Ouvert, la Maison Jacques Copeau, le Musée des Beaux-arts et de la dentelle d’Alençon, l’Institut Français de New Dehli et l’Alliance française de Mumbaï
Premiere, May 30 2024, Wiener Festwochen Freie Republik Wien
Hero image photography – Jean Louis Fernandez
Sydney Festival sincerely thanks Playking Foundation and all our private donors whose generosity and support helped to make this production possible.
Learn more about our philanthropic program here.
