Where Men Could Still Die

In a hinterland where everyone is immortal, a man and two women spend their time imagining their dream deaths and planning their final moments. The trio then builds a cemetery in the middle of a village where people still die.
P.S. Alan won’t be able to make it because he’s dead.

Through Où les hommes mourraient encore, we explore how the idea of death, our own death, is missing from everyday life. It is as though our society, which praises individual development and uniqueness, leaves no room for death. It is as if it did not in fact play a decisive role in the development of the individuality that society values so highly. We disagree with the sidelining of death in our daily routine because we think that death is not the opposite of life, but an inextricable part of it. That is why we demand the right to bring the cemetery back to the heart of the village. Irrespective of our beliefs, the inevitability of death is a great equaliser. We want to take the time to boldly dream of beautiful deaths, deaths that correspond to our lives and our follies. We want to imagine ourselves in stories that deviate from what is neat and tidy and possible: that is where theatre is: Where Men Could Still Die!

A Compagnie3637 production
Supported by the Marni Theatre and the SACD

Concept and Direction : Sophie Linsmaux & Aurelio Mergola

With Marine Bestel, Francesco Italiano, Muriel Legrand

Staging and Choreography : Sophie Leso

Lighting : Jérôme Perez

Photography : Thomas Van Zuylen & Aurélie Deloche

Production : Compagnie 3637

With support from Théâtre Marni and SACD

AGENDA
Théâtre Marni 17 au 28 mai 2011

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