Sylvia

Fabrice Murgia
Sylvia

2018, 100′

28/25/21/17/14 € (ticket reservations and sales at the venue)
 

I win my freedom by cutting back on my sleep.
– Sylvia Plath

This “pop opera for one female voice and nine actresses” is a reflection of Sylvia Plath’s life and career. The great American poet is imprinted in collective memory as an artist and mother who refused to choose one over the other and, like many other female artists-mothers, paid a high price for her decision. Delving into her short stories, essays and diaries, director Fabrice Murgia created a moving performance that is an original intertwinement of theatre, film and music.

Performed by: Valerie Bachau, Clara Bonnet, Solene Cizeron, Vanessa Compagnucci, Vinora Epp, Léone François, Magali Pignalut, Ariane Rousseau, Scarlet Tummers

Music by: An Pierlé, Koen Gisen, Hendrik Lasure, Casper Van De Velde

The performance will be followed by a discussion with its makers (in English). 

Director: Fabrice Murgia; music: An Pierlé; director and film camera operator: Juliette Van Dormael; scenography: Rudy Sabounghi; costume design: Marie-Hélène Balau; research and dramaturgic support: Cécile Michel; video and lighting design: Giacinto Caponio; production: Cie Artara; co-production: Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, le Théâtre de Namur, Central – La Louvière, Mars – Mons Arts de la Scène, la Fondation Mons 2025 – 2018-2019 biennial, Printemps des Comédiens – Montpellier, La Comédie de Saint-Etienne – Centre Dramatique National, Théâtre Jean-Vilar de Vitry-sur-Scène, Le Carreau – Scène Nationale de Forbach et de l’Est mosellan, Théâtres en Dracénie (Draguignan), La Coop asbl, Shelter Productions ; organisation: Cankarjev dom in co-operation with the City of Women; main sponsor of The Magnificent 7 Series (Cankarjev dom): Petrol, d. d.