Theater des Quartiers d'Ivry Newsletter road_vous_etes_here Home > Season > Shows > LA CONFERENCE DES OISEAUX A- A + Back to shows Presentation Dates and times THE BIRDS CONFERENCE JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIÈRE | GUY PIERRE COULEAU 11> 22 FEB 2019 / La Fabrique “We have a king. We must go looking for him. His name is Simorg. He is the real king of the birds. He is near us, and we are far from him. The way to reach him is unknown. It takes a lion's heart to follow him. ” The Conference of the Birdsis one of the most famous Sufi tales, of which the Persian Farid Uddin Attar (1142-1220) wrote one of the most beautiful poetic tales of all time. It tells how the birds set out in search of the mythical Simorg in order to take him as king. At the end of a mystical and existential epic, they discover that the Simorg is none other than themselves: “The sun of his majesty is a mirror. Whoever sees himself in this mirror sees his soul and his body there. ” From this allegory of the meeting between the soul and its true king, Jean-Claude Carrière has extracted a theatrical work, directed by Peter Brook in Avignon in 1979. This famous initiatory story, interspersed with tales and anecdotes, remains forever one of the jewels of Muslim spirituality. Since its creation by Peter Brook, who is the reference, this text has no longer been staged in France other than in non-professional circles. It seemed urgent to me, reading this exceptional poetic story, to undertake a new realization. Guy Pierre Couleau Jean-Claude Carrière Writer, screenwriter, lyricist, director. For 19 years, he collaborated with Buñuel and continued his career as a playwright and adapter, in particular with André Barsacq, Jean-Louis Barrault, Milos Forman and Peter Brook. He adapts literary works such as Cyrano de Bergerac , Le Roi des Aulnes , Le Hussard sur le toit or L'Insoutenable lightness of being . His adaptation of The Conference of the Birds was directed by Peter Brook in 1978. Guy Pierre Couleau Actor and director, since July 2008 he has directed the Comédie De l'Est, the National Dramatic Center in Colmar. He staged texts by John M. Synge, Daniel Danis, Fabrice Melquiot, Eugene O'Neill, Horváth, Molière ... Two of his productions were performed at the Théâtre des Quartiers d'Ivry: Maître Puntila and his valet Matti by Bertolt Brecht and last season A Midsummer Night 's Dream by William Shakespeare. “As the birds quivered at the thought of leaving, they heard the song of the Nightingale. This song contains a world of secrets. The Nightingale sang the secrets of the mystery and closed its beak to other birds. ” Production Comédie De l’Est, CDN de Colmar Printemps des Comédiens, Montpellier, La Manufacture - CDN de Nancy Lorraine et le Centre Dramatique de l’Océan Indien - Théâtre du Grand Marché. CREATION durée > 1h40 récit théâtral de Jean-Claude Carrière inspiré par le poème Manteq Ol-Teyr de Farid Uddin Attar mise en scène Guy Pierre Couleau assistante à la mise en scène Christelle Carlier collaboration artistique Carolina Pecheny scénographie Delphine Brouard lumières Laurent Scheegans masques Kuno Schlegelmilch assisté par Hélène Wisse costumes Camille Pénager accompagnement chorégraphique Catherine Dreyfus musique Philippe Miller régie générale Alexandra Guigui avec Manon Allouch Nathalie Duong Cécile Fontaine Carolina Pecheny Jessica Vedel Emil Abossolo M'Bo Luc-Antoine Diquéro François Kergourlay Sharokh Moushkin Galam Nils Öhlund THE BIRDS CONFERENCE JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIÈRE | GUY PIERRE COULEAU 11> 22 FEB 2019 / La Fabrique February Dated Schedule Location Read 11 20:00 The fabric My 12 20:00 The fabric Th 14 19:00 The fabric Fr 15 20:00 The fabric Sa 16 18:00 The fabric Su 17 16:00 The fabric Read 18 20:00 The fabric Ma 19 20:00 The fabric I 21 19:00 The fabric Fr 22 20:00 The fabric Newsletter Contact us Sitemap Legal Notice