Serge Maggiani and Charles Tordjman Stage Proust at Chaillot; Kokkos Designs Orestie at Epidaurus

A new production of Proust's 'La Recherche' directed by Charles Tordjman and performed by Serge Maggiani, titled 'Je poussais donc le temps avec l'épaule', premiered at the Avignon Festival and will be reprised at Chaillot in Paris. The staging features two cellos and a set evoking Yannis Kokkos's designs. At Epidaurus, Kokkos designed the set for 'L'Orestie', with music by Georges Aperghis and lighting by Patrice Trottier, achieving a fusion with the ancient theatre. Lithuanian director Oskaras Korsunovas staged Marius von Mayenburg's 'Visage de feu' at Avignon, starring Dalia Brenciute and Dainius Gavenonis. The article also discusses the book 'Brûler les planches, crever l'écran, la présence de l'acteur' (Ed. L'Entretemps), a collection from a colloquium directed by G. D. Farcy and René Prédal, exploring actor presence. It references Ariane Mnouchkine, Bob Wilson, Roland Barthes, Claude Régy, and Antoine Vitez on the concept. The article notes that 'Rwanda 94', a spectacle on genocide by Groupov directed by Jacques Delcuvellerie, received a Critics' Prize and was featured in Alternatives théâtrales, but has not been invited to Paris. Declan Donnellan's staging of Pushkin's 'Boris Godunov' with Russian actors will be performed in Créteil and Sceaux.