Le Passé

Ekaterina Ivanovna, tragic heroine of a story steeped in madness, fanaticism, radicalism, perfectly expresses Leonid Andreyev's profound thought: "life is a frightening and incomprehensible thing". Faced with the delusions of her husband, who falsely accuses her of infidelity, she will sink into debauchery. The only way for her to respond to the suffocation of a patriarchal society that dooms her to nothingness.-|- Gosselin takes you on a journey through 19th-century Russia and the early 1960s. In the style of filmmakers Godard and Truffaut and with a rock-solid cast, Le Passé delves into the abyss of love. The stage becomes a crossroads in time: historic costumes, candlelight and ancient sets are mixed with live music and present-day video footage.

text Léonid Andreev
traduction André Markowicz
adaptation and stage directing Julien Gosselin
with Guillaume Bachelé, Joseph Drouet, Denis Eyriey, Carine Goron, Victoria Quesnel, Achille Reggiani et Maxence Vandevelde
scenographer Lisetta Buccellato
dramaturgy Eddy d’Aranjo
stage director assistant Antoine Hespel
musical creation Guillaume Bachelé and Maxence Vandevelde
lighting designer Nicolas Joubert
video designer Jérémie Bernaert and Pierre Martin
sound designer Julien Feryn
costumes Caroline Tavernier and Valérie Simmoneau
props creation Guillaume Lepert
masks Lisetta Buccellato and Salomé Vandendriessche
general stage manager Léo Thévenon
stage operator Simon Haratyk, David Ferré
light operator Zélie Champeau
sound operator Hugo Hamman, Jules Lotscher
video operator Céline Bariul, David Dubost, Baudouin Rencurel
costumes operator Florence Tavernier
technical trainees Pierrick Guillou, Audrey Meunier
administration, production, touring Eugénie Tesson
tour organization Marion Le Strat-|-
administration Olivier Poujol
technical director Nicolas Ahssaine
set construction and painted canvas Workshop Devineau
production Si vous pouviez lécher mon coeur
coproduction Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe / Festival d’Automne à Paris, Le Phénix Scène Nationale Valenciennes pôle européen de création, Théâtre National de Strasbourg, Théâtre du Nord, CDN Lille-Tourcoing Hauts-de-France, Les Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon / Théâtre National Populaire, Maison de la culture d’Amiens, L’Empreinte, scène nationale Brive Tulle, Château Rouge, Scène conventionnée d’Annemasse, Comédie de Genève, Wiesbaden Biennale, La passerelle Scène Nationale de Saint-Brieuc, Scène Nationale d’Albi, Romaeuropa
with the help of Ministry of Culture
with the artistic participation of Jeune Théâtre National
with the support of Montévidéo, centre d’art, and T2G Gennevilliers

Julien Gosselin and Si vous pouviez lécher mon coeur are partners of Le Phénix Scène Nationale Valenciennes, the Théâtre National de Strasbourg and of Théâtre Nanterre Amandiers

Si vous pouviez lécher mon coeur is under contract with the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, DRAC Hauts-de-France, and agreed by la Région Hautsde-France and la Ville de Calais. The compagny beneficits the support of the Institut français for his tour abroad.