Reading Recorded LiveMonday, February 1st at 8 pmThe Replacements by Dimitris DimitriadisDirector
Jacques Taroni, reading directed by
Marcel Bozonnet.
« I killed Mehmed. I killed the Conqueror. The siege is lifted. Their army has been dispersed. They have all gone. They have returned to Kokkini Milia. The City will not fall. The City is saved. »
In addition to the three plays Odeon’s European author of the 2009-2010 season, the discovery, through a public reading, of a previously unperformed play by Dimitris Dimitriadis.
Co-produced with France Culture. To be aired on Sunday, April 18th, from 8 to 10pm.
> Ateliers Berthier /All tickets 5€
Reservations at 01 44 85 40 40
Readings by and Meetings with the AuthorsSaturday, February 6th at 5pmWinter Readings (4/4)Organized with Actes Sud Publishers.
Un livre de chair by Pia Petersen
Romain, who is about 40, collapses during a poker game. Convinced that this heart attack is the one that will do him in for good, he lets his thoughts drift, sifts back through his memories.
Pia Petersen has skillfully established a close-quartered setting, sustained by a style which is both deep and profoundly unsettling, with unstable characters whose internal dialogues are worthy of the great films noir.
Chouquette by Émilie Frèche
Chouquette, a recalcitrant grandmother who is struggling with her contradictions ; a vitriolic portrait of a woman who is being dragged under.
Émilie Frèche has written a novel that looks our world straight in the eye, without sparing it her cynicism, but at the same time extracting from that world the essence of all in it which is funny, engaging and troubling.
On the occasion of the start of the winter season of Actes Sud’s French literary section.
With collaboration from Fip Radio et Evene.fr
> Théâtre de l’Odéon – Salon Roger Blin / All tickets 5€
Reservations at 01 44 85 40 40
Evening Performance Broadcast Live on France Culture from The Odéon Théâtre de l’EuropeMonday, February 8th at 7pmDaniel BarenboimDaniel Barenboim, guest on Laurent Goumarre’s show RenDez-Vous on France Culture, followed by the reading of Parallels and Paradoxes : Musical and Political Explorations, a dialogue between Daniel Barenboim and Edward W. Said (published by Le Serpent à plumes 2003) by Jean-François Sivadier and Nicolas Bouchaud.
Co-produced with France Culture.
> Théâtre de l’Odéon – Grande salle / Free admission upon reservation at :
present.compose@theatre-odeon.fr / 01 44 85 40 44
ReadingTuesday, February 9th at 6pmWhy do you like « Three Tales ? » (1/6)Since today’s literature finds much of its source in that of yesterday, Flammarion Publishers asked contemporary writers what their favorite « classic » was. Each writer, in his or her own voice, tells of their first encounter with the work in question, the characters they hold most dear, sentences or expressions which struck them, the way in which this work influenced her or his life or books…
A reading of excerpts from Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert and a meeting with François Bégaudeau.
Organized with Flammarion Publishers.
> Théâtre de l’Odéon – Salon Roger Blin / All tickets 5€
Reservations at 01 44 85 40 40
Philosophical Crossroads 5/6Thursday, February 11th at 6pmIs there an “unthought” dimension to love ?with Monique Schneider & Clothilde Leguil
On the subject of their works, respectively La cause amoureuse, Freud, Spinoza, Racine and Les amoureuses – voyage au bout de la féminité.
In partnership with Seuil Publishers and Courrier International.
> Théâtre de l’Odéon – Salon Roger Blin / All tickets 5€
Reservations at 01 44 85 40 40
Turkey at Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe (cont.)For The Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe it’s a question of enlarging Europe beyond simply its administrative limits and to focus on the Mediterranean cultural influences that helped to form it, but also to indicate a country in which theatre participates in its intellectual and social dynamics while remaining an active element in current politics.
Organized in the framework of the Season of Turkey in France, in partnership with the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, International Istanbul Theatre Festival.
Thought WorkshopSaturday, February 13th at 3pmTheatre in Turkey : a Political Issue?Considerations on contemporary Turkish society and the highlighting of the striking and political place of theater in Turkey.
Encounter hosted by
Arnaud Littardi (Saison de la Turquie) and Marc Semo (journalist) and Arnaud Littardi (Deputy General Commissioner of the Season), with
Nedim Gürsel (author)
Uǧur Hüküm (journalist and sociologist),
Isil Kaşapoǧlu (stage director),
Zynep Oral (journalist and Theatre critic)
> Théâtre de l’Odéon – Grande salle / Free admission upon reservation at :
present.compose@theatre-odeon.fr / 01 44 85 40 44
ReadingsFrom February 16th to 19th, at 6pmTurkey through ReadingsThis cycle of readings, in four sessions over the course of a week, will enable the public to discover a selection of contemporary Turkish authors.
• Tuesday 16 : Tales of Afrasiyab by Ihsan Oktay Anar, reading led by Isil Kasapoglu
• Wednesday 17 : The Bomb by Berkun Oya, reading led by the author
• Thursday 18 : The Daughters of Allah by Nedim Gürsel, reading led by Sedef Ecer
• Friday 19 : La Malédiction des cerfs de Murathan Mungan
> Théâtre de l’Odéon – Salon Roger Blin / All tickets 5€
Reservations at 01 44 85 40 40
University Meeting at the SorbonneWednesday, February 17th at 8pmOlivier Py at the SorbonneA debate with Olivier Py, with as starting point the play Illusions Comiques, led by the members of the student association, centering on the following themes : the place of theater in society ; the status of the word; identity and its expression.
Organized by the Theoria Praxis student association, with support from the University of Paris IV, in partnership with l’Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe
> Sorbonne, 4 rue Victor Cousin – Amphi Milne Edwards
www.theoriapraxis.org
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