Rose Noël's Production of Koltès' 'Roberto Zucco' at Théâtre 14 Paris, Heading to Avignon Off Festival
From March 31 to April 18, 2026, Rose Noël will stage Bernard-Marie Koltès' last work, 'Roberto Zucco,' at Théâtre 14 in Paris, before it heads to the Off d'Avignon festival at Théâtre du Girasole from July 4 to 25, 2026. The play, inspired by the true story of serial killer Roberto Succo, was penned by Koltès, who passed away from AIDS in 1990. This production incorporates live music from BiVio and features fifteen non-linear tableaux with elliptical dialogue, intentionally leaving out certain scenes. The cast includes Natalia Bacalov and Lola Blanchard, with creative input from Simon Cohen and Mathilde Juillard. Le Collectif 13 promotes theater as a domain of risk, portraying Zucco as a complex character who embodies both violence and tenderness.
Key facts
- Rose Noël directed Bernard-Marie Koltès' play 'Roberto Zucco' at Théâtre 14 Paris
- Performances ran from March 31 to April 18, 2026
- The production will be at Off d'Avignon from July 4 to 25, 2026 at Théâtre du Girasole
- Koltès died of AIDS in 1990 before the play's premiere at Berlin's Schaubühne directed by Peter Stein
- The play fictionalizes serial killer Roberto Succo, who killed his parents in 1981 in Mestre, Venice
- Succo was diagnosed schizophrenic, escaped to France and Switzerland in 1987, committed serial crimes, was arrested in 1988, and died by suicide
- Koltès told Der Spiegel he intentionally kept Succo as a myth rather than a real person
- Le Collectif 13 and musical duo BiVio collaborated on the production
Entities
Artists
- Rose Noël
- Bernard-Marie Koltès
- Peter Stein
- Roberto Succo
- Natalia Bacalov
- Lola Blanchard
- Simon Cohen
- Vincent Odetto
- Laurence Côte
- Maxime Gleizes
- Thomas Rio
- Pierre Loup Mériaux
- Axel Granberger
- Akrem Hamdi
- Julien Gallix
- Milena Sansonetti
- Martin Sevrin
- Suzanne Dauthieux
- Enzo Cescatti
- Mathilde Juillard
- Mateo Esnault
- Tom Beauseigneur
- Cloé Robin
- Katell Paugam
- Matthew Modine
- Alan Parker
- Dalida
Institutions
- Théâtre 14 Paris
- Le Collectif 13
- Schaubühne
- Der Spiegel
- Off d'Avignon
- Théâtre du Girasole
- BiVio
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Mestre
- Venice
- Italy
- Switzerland
- Berlin
- Germany
- Avignon