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The earth, fire, water and the wind, Edouard Glissant and his guests.
Wednesday November, 3rd at 8 pm
« Would you say that a poem can be sectioned, cut, interrupted, that one could simply read fragments, excerpts chosen according to whims and shifts in the wind ?  Yes, when the excerpts are lucky, meaning they have grace, acquired from so many encounters, when they fit so well together, a piece of one poem fitting into another poem, which in turns becomes an entire poem within the total poem, and is then sung like a poem.  This is an anthology of the Whole-world poetry, and it does not obey to any sort of order, logic or chronology, but it collides, attacks, signals new points of energy, soothing lethargy, quick stabs of the mind and heavy, sumptuous waves of thought, which it attempts to swing and sway, perhaps so that the reader might imagine other trails, paths of poetry that he himself can create? »
Édouard Glissant
« Édouard Glissant, the spearhead of anti-colonialist struggles, brother in arms of Aimé Césaire, (…) is the founder of the Whole-world Institute, and has become, from Japan to New York, a figure and reference for research into fragmented identities in the age of globalization. »
Philosophies Magazine.
Organized with agnès b., l’Institut du Tout-monde, Galaade Éditions.
In partnership with Médiapart and Courrier international.
> Théâtre de l'Odéon – Grande salle/Main auditorium (ticket prices from 6- 18€) – Ticket sales begin Tuesday October 19th (Tuesday October 12th for Odeon subscribers).


Valère Novarina by Guillaume Gallienne from the Comédie-Française
Thursday, November 4th at 8 pm.
A public reading directed by Oliver Py, inaugurating the Valère Novarina cycle.
« Yes dammit, I’m going for sure, at full speed.  That’s how I talk to the one who is eyeing me and spying on me through the lens.  Nine fourths of our lives are devoured by hours of stupid comings and goings !  We raise our arms and your head is going to fall off.  Oh how un-happy I am with my life that has to stop at all of these ridiculous stations !  My head is too triangular, not round enough for me : my arms are good, not long enough and I could use eight, that way I would have ten.  Adrameon, Ablamelion, Ablamelech, shut up or climb in, but stop talking ! Marling with my pickaxe rambling along at my heels ! »  (Adramelech’s monologue, new version published by P.O.L. in 2009)
Guillaume Gallienne graduates from the National Conservatory in 1998 and joins the Comédie-Française as its 513th member.  In March 2008 at the TOP in Boulogne-billancourt, he writes and directs Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table !/ Boys and Guillaume, it’s dinner time !.   (Solitaires Intempestifs, 2009) which wins the Molière (French Tonys) in 2010 for best promising stage actor.  He acts for the cinema and television, and writes and acts in Les Bonus de Guillaume/A bonus for Guillaume for the Grand Journal on Canal+.  Since September, 2009, he is the host of Ça peut pas faire de mal/This can’t hurt, on France Inter, a weekly radio show devoted to literature, broadcast on Saturdays from 6 :10-7 pm.
In partnership with France Inter.
> Théâtre de l'Odéon – Grande salle/Main auditorium (ticket prices from 6- 18€) – ticket sales begin on Tuesday October 19th (October 12th for Odeon subscribers)


L’Envers de l’esprit / The flip side of the mind by Valère Novarina
Friday, November 5th at 6 :30 pm.
Excerpts concerning the actor Daniel Znyk and the Hungarian language, read by the author and accompanied with several songs by Christian Paccoud.
Théâtre de l'Odéon – Salon Roger Blin/auditorium (all tickets 5 €)  - Tickets go on sale beginning Tuesday October 19th (Tuesday October 12th for subscribers)



Centenaire de la naissance de Jean-Louis Barrault

• Les Enfants du paradis
  Lundi 15 novembre
  Projection du film dans son intégralité à la Cinémathèque française
  (Renseignement 01 71 19 33 33 / cinematheque.fr)
  
  
• Pierre Boulez rend hommage à Jean-Louis Barrault
  Vendredi 19 novembre à 20h
  Concert exceptionnel avec l'Ensemble intercontemporain dirigé par Pierre Boulez ; Olivier Py en récitant
  Sur incises de Pierre Boulez
  Histoire du Soldat d'Igor Stravinsky
  > Théâtre de Odéon – Grande salle (tarifs de 6 à 40€)

Centenaire de la naissance de Jean Genet

• Jean Genet, le condamné à vivre
  Du mardi 23 au samedi 27 novembre
  Il s'agit de faire entendre au Théâtre de l'Odéon, lieu symbolique fort de la littérature et de la politique pour Jean Genet, l'œuvre mais aussi l'actualité de ses combats, à un public le plus large possible. Pendant la semaine un programme en première et seconde partie de soirée proposera des conversations, des lectures et des formes plus spectaculaires.
  Mise en place sur la façade du Théâtre de l'Odéon d'un portrait de Jean Genet réalisé à cette occasion par Ernest Pignon Ernest.
  
  Au salon Roger Blin
  > Jean Genet politique,  une éthique de l'imposture, colloque animé par Albert Dichy et Véronique Lane
  mardi 23 et mercredi 24 novembre de 10h à 17h
  (entrée libre sur réservation present.compose@theatre-odeon.fr / 01 44 85 40 44)
  
  > Lettres à Ibis, lecture
  Lettres à Ibis rassemble une vingtaine de lettres inédites datées du milieu des années trente et de la fin des années quarante. Elles sont toutes adressées par Genet à « Ibis », le pseudonyme d’Andrée Pragane, dont les réponses sont perdues.
  mercredi 24 novembre à 18h
  (tarif unique : 5€)
  
  > Jean Genet – La censure dans la traduction littéraire par la fédération internationale des traducteurs
  jeudi 25 novembre de 10h à 17h
  (entrée libre sur réservation present.compose@theatre-odeon.fr / 01 44 85 40 44)
  
  > Genet en Palestine, conversation avec Leïla Shahid.
  jeudi 25 novembre à 18h
  (entrée libre sur réservation present.compose@theatre-odeon.fr / 01 44 85 40 44)
  
  > Lettres de théâtre à Roger Blin et à Jean-Louis Barrault, lecture
  vendredi 26 novembre à 18h
  (tarif unique : 5€)
  
  En Grande salle
• L'atelier de Jean Genet
  soirée d'ouverture, avec lectures de textes rares, inconnus ou inédits de Jean Genet, sous la direction d'Albert Dichy
  (tarifs de 6 à 18€)
  
  
• Le condamné à mort
  récital par Jeanne Moreau et Étienne Daho
  mis en musique par Hélène Martin
  batterie Philippe Entressangle, basse Marcello Giuliani, guitares François Poggio et Mako, violoncelle Dominique Pinto
  Mardi 23 et mercredi 24 novembre à 21h
  (tarifs de 6 à 40€)
  
  
• Elle, lecture dirigée par Olivier Py
  jeudi 25 novembre à 20h
  (tarifs de 6 à 18€)
  
  
• Genet en images,
  projections et avant-première avec la Cinémathèque française
  Un chant d'amour + Entretiens + Gilles Blanchard
  vendredi 26 novembre à 20h
  (tarifs de 6 à 18€)
  
  
• Jean Genet et la prison
  à partir des écrits de Jean Genet, débat sur le monde carcéral aujourd'hui.
  Atelier de la pensée, samedi 27 novembre à 15h
  (entrée libre sur réservation present.compose@theatre-odeon.fr / 01 44 85 40 44)
  
  
• Jean Genet par Christian Olivier,
  lecture musicale par l'auteur et chanteur des Têtes Raides
  Organisé par l'Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, avec l'IMEC, la Cinémathèque française, en partenariat avec les éditions Gallimard
  samedi 27 novembre à 20h
  (tarifs de 6 à 18€)

Why must we tell stories ?
Monday, December 6th from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm.
A day of oral literature.
Oral stories have always been, and still remain, one of the most solid and universal means for transmitting knowledge and values.  Transmitted from man to man throughout the centuries and sometimes even millennia, and often without recourse to writing, these stories bring us almost-undamaged messages that our ancestors invented for us.  These stories tell of mankind’s eternal struggle against Time, against injustice, against violence and hatred, against ignorance.
Why then, is this ancient ritual that has been around for as long as mankind, that allows us to gather together and share in tales that answer questions that are still vital, « Where do we come from ? Who are we ? where are we going ? » held in such disdain today ?
What role must this transmission, this exchange between the dead, the living and the not-yet-born, play today in the construction of our common future, and how can it proceed ? These are some of the questions that we wish to share with you.
With Salman Rushdie, Umberto Eco, Nahal Tajadod, Pierre Péju, Aboubakr Chraïbi, Jean Baumgarten, Philippe-Jean Catenchi, Olivier Germain-Thomas, Dany Laferrière, Jean-Claude Carrière, Atiq Rahimi, Enis Batur, Timour Muhidine, Bernadette Bricout, Boris Cyrulnik...
Presented by  Mondoral (Conservatoire de Littérature Orale de Vendôme, La Maison du Conte de Chevilly-Larue, Paroles traverses de Rennes, Centre des Arts du Récit en Isère), with the support of Direction Générale de la Création Artistique (DGCA  of the Minister of Culture and Communication.
> Théâtre de l’Odéon – Grande salle/Main auditorium / All tickets:15€
Tickets go on sale starting Tuesday, November 16th (Tuesday November 9th for Odeon subscribers) 



Valère Novarina’s Pour Louis de Funès, by Dominique Pinon
Tuesday, December 14th at 8 pm
One night only.
> Théâtre de l'Odéon – Grande salle/ Main auditorium (ticket prices : 6-18€)
 Tickets on sale beginning Tuesday November 16th (Tuesday November 9th for subscribers)


The Republic of Translators
Saturday January, 15th from 2:30 pm-5 pm.
A brainstorming workshop on the translators of Valère Novarina, organized and hosted by Marco Bashera and Jacques Le Ny.
> Théâtre de l'Odéon - Grande salle/Main auditorium (free admission upon reservation : present.compose@theatre-odeon.fr / 01 44 85 40 44)


Valère Novarina’s The chatter of the dangerous classes , directed and performed by  Denis Podalydès
Monday, January 24th at 8 pm
One night only, with thirty actors.
Co production Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, France Culture
> Théâtre de l'Odéon – Grande salle/Main auditorium (ticket prices from 6- 32€)
 Tickets go on sail Tuesday, December 21st (Tuesday December 14th for Odeon subscribers)


Is Joy without reason ?
Thursday, January 27th at 6 pm.
Brainstorming workshop
Response by Jean-Luc Marion to a question raised by Valère Novarina, with the participation of Olivier Dubouclez
> Théâtre de l'Odéon - Salon Roger Blin/auditorium (free admission upon reservation) present.compose@theatre-odeon.fr / 01 44 85 40 44)



Jean Gillibert
Thursday, March 17th at 6 :30pm
Brainstorming workshop
Jean Gillibert , conversation with Robert Abirached
> Théâtre de l'Odéon - Salon Roger Blin/Auditorium (free admission upon reservation present.compose@theatre-odeon.fr / 01 44 85 40 44)



The tongue cut in half
Tuesday, March 22nd at 6 pm
Conference given by Pierre Fourny
For the first time in the history of mankind, a tongue is entirely cut in half.
> Théâtre de l'Odéon – Salon Roger Blin /auditorium (all tickets : 5€)



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