Nemesis

based on the novel by Philip Roth
directed by Tiphaine Raffier
creation at the Ateliers Berthier

estimated duration 2h45

23 mars – 21 avril

Berthier 17e

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with Clara Bretheau, Eric Challier, Maxime Dambrin, Judith Derouin, Juliet Doucet, François Godart, Alexandre Gonin, Maika Louakairim, Tom Menanteau, Hélène Patarot, Edith Proust, Stuart Seide, Adrien Serre
and the musicians from the Ensemble Miroirs Etendus Clément Darlu (Piano), Emmanuel Jacquet (drums and percussion), Lucas Ounissi (Trombone), Clémence Sarda (Double bass), Claire Voisin (Clarinet)
with the participation of the Choeur d'enfants du Conservatoire de Saint-Denis
Suzanne, Anouchka, Félicie, Zoé, Gift, Blessing, Maïa, Jetro, Liyanie, Mahaut, Hajar, Martha, Hannah, Nouha, Zoé, Maud, Paloma, Léonie, Alice, Maïa, Maë, Thaïs, Anna, Calie (alternately)

direction Erwan Picquet

1944: Bucky Cantor, a young gym teacher from the Jewish community of Newark, is declared unfit for military service. Meanwhile, his friends are landing heroically on the coast of Normandy. When a polio epidemic strikes Newark, could this be Bucky’s opportunity for a tragic destiny? Unfortunately, Nemesis, the goddess who punishes human excess, makes up for Bucky’s sacrifice. Tiphaine Raffier is fascinated by Philip Roth's nonconformity, by his sharp irony, and his talent for parables. After directing La réponse des Hommes last year, she has taken on this novel with the dystopian creativity that characterises her work.

estimated duration 2h45

Tuesday to Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm
no show on Monday

performances with English surtitles on Fridays 24 and 31 March and 7, 14, and 21 April

Previews on 21 and 22 March

Happy Thursday 30 March and 6, 13 and 20 April

Nemesis press release

• Programme de salle Némésis

Teaser Némésis

assistant to the stage director Lucas Samain

music Guillaume Bachelé
musical arrangements Pierre Marescaux and Clément Darlu
set design Hélène Jourdan assisted by Alice Girardet
lighting Kelig Le Bars
video Pierre Martin Oriol
sound Hugo Hamman
costumes design Caroline Tavernier assisted by Valérie Simonneau
collective choreography directed by Pep Garrigues
HMU Judith Scotto assisted by Emmanuelle Flisseau
english coach Sophie Decaudaveine
children's choir coordinator Victoria Molland
technical director Olivier Floury
set management Marinette Jullien
cameraman Raphaël Oriol
HMU management Emmanuelle Flisseau or Florence Louné

administration, production Véronique Atlan Fabre, Juliette Chambaud, Charlotte Pesle Beal

production La femme coupée en deux

coproduction (in progress) Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Théâtre National Populaire de Villeurbanne, Théâtre de Lorient – CDN de Bretagne, Comédie de Béthune, Théâtre de la Cité – CDN de Toulouse-Occitanie, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Théâtre du Nord - CDN Lille Tourcoing Hauts-de-France, Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, La Rose des vents – Scène nationale de Lille-Métropole Villeneuve d’Ascq, Le Volcan – Scène nationale du Havre, Le phénix – Scène Nationale de Valenciennes, Miroirs Étendus, Scène nationale 61 – Alençon

with the support of the Ministry of Culture

With the Hermes Foundation, as part of its New Settings program.

with the Jeune Théâtre National

with the support of the National Theater of Brittany Employment Fund

residency Malakoff scène nationale

with the patronage of the Cercle de l’Odéon

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Having initially trained at ENMAD in Noisiel (Val-de-Marne), Tiphaine Raffier joined the 2nd class of L'École du Nord in 2006. There she worked under the direction of Stuart Seide (notably in Quel est l'enfoiré qui a commencé le premier? by Dejan Dukovski). In 2010-2011, she worked with Bruno Buffoli and Laurent Hatat, then at the Théâtre du Prato with Gilles Defacque, notably in Soirée de Gala (2013- 2014). She has also worked with Julien Gosselin and the collective Si vous pouviez lécher mon coeur: Gênes 01 by Fausto Paravidino (2010), Tristesse animal noir by Anja Hilling (2011), Les Particules élémentaires, “Atomised”, by Michel Houellebecq (2013), 2666 by Roberto Bolaño (2016). And also in L’Adolescent, after Dostoyevsky, directed by Frank Castorf (Cologne, 2019). Since 2020 she forms part of the cast of Les serpents, directed by Jacques Vincey.

In April 2012, following a proposal from the Théâtre du Nord, Tiphaine Raffier wrote, directed and performed her first play The Song. The show was created during the 1st Festival Prémices in Lille. In 2014, as part of the third edition of the same festival, she staged her second play In The Name. In 2017, it was the show France-Phantom which came to fruition. During that same year she directed a medium-length film based on her first play, The Song. This project, accompanied by the production company Année Zéro, was supported by the Centre National du Cinéma. It was presented in May 2018 at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. Selected in about thirty festivals, it has won numerous awards.
In 2020 Tiphaine Raffier created The response of Men, whose first tour was postponed until 2021/22 due to the pandemic. She is also working on a feature film adaptation of her play In the Name.
The texts of her first three plays were published by La Fontaine and The response of Men will be published by L'avant-scène théâtre.

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