Cie Coup de Poker

ALABAMA SONG

She was the wild child of the Roaring Twenties, America’s “first tomboy”, an artist in her own right, forgotten in the shadow of her husband, a famous author. She was crushed by the weight of a patriarchal society, committed for schizophrenia… Discover the incredible story of Zelda, the wife of Francis Scott Fitzgerald. In a dizzying set design, the festive, fast-paced jazz of the day sets the tempo of their intense love story. Alabama Song, winner of the Goncourt Prize in 2007, explores with incredible sensitivity the scandalous fate a woman forced to fight for freedom and recognition. After a series of sold-out Parisian performances, the latest creation by Guillaume Barbot (Club 27, On a Fort Mal Dormi, Heroe(s), co-creation Anguille Sous Roche) comes to Avignon for the very first time.

Some people hide to steal, kill, betray, love, orgasm… I had to hide to write. I was barely twenty when I met a man not much older than myself, who swept me away. He wanted to rule my life and he did, quite badly.

Company presentation

The Coup de Poker theater company, under the creative direction of Guillaume Barbot, has already produced fifteen plays, including L’Evasion de Kamo, On a Fort Mal Dormi, L’Histoire Vraie d’un Punk Converti à Trenet. Each creation is based on a non-theatrical text and mixes drama and music. Societal issues are explored poetically, with humanity. Interwoven portraits use the musicality of language and direct contact with the audience as their driving force. The company is subsidized by the DRAC IDF and associated with the Théâtre de Chelles and the DSN Sc Nat in Dieppe.

www.coupdepoker.org

Distribution

Staging and stage adaptation Guillaume Barbot
Text Gilles Leroy
Collaboration on stage adaptation Agathe Peyrard
With Lola Naymark, Pierre-Marie Braye-Weppe, Louis Caratini, Thibault Perriard
Lights Nicolas Faucheux
Scenography Benjamin Lebreton
Sound creation Nicolas Barillot
Collective musical creation, directed by Pierre-Marie Braye-Weppe
Costumes Benjamin Moreau
Staging assistant Stéphane Temkine
Choreography Bastien Lefevre
Managers Camille Audergon, Aurore Beck, Kim Lan Nguyen Thi
Administration Catherine Bougerol
Diffusion Label Saison – Gwenaëlle Leyssieux

Production

Production Compagnie Coup de Poker

Coproductions Le Tangram Scène Nationale d’Evreux-Louviers, Théâtre de Chelles, Théâtre Le Vellein, scène de la Capi – Villefontaine

Supports SPEDIDAM, Mairie de Paris, DSN Scène Nationale de Dieppe, Le Théâtre de la Tempête, Département de Seine-et-Marne.

In the press

From the most excessive emotion to silent suffering, the actress embodies each situation with ease, very poignantly at times

Télérama

This play is a true gift

Théâtres.com

It all comes together wonderfully… A jazzy show that warms the heart and offers a new take on one of the giants of American literature

L'oeil d'Olivier

In this flamboyant biopic, Lola Naymark and the musicians/actors make Zelda Fitzgerald’s life swing

La Terrasse

With sparkling, devilish eyes, charm and sensuality, the inspiring, exuberant actress delivers a portrait of the jazz era

Hotello Théâtre

A powerful biopic. A beautiful show that resonates with modern times

SNES

Lola Naymark delivers a striking, moving portrait of Zelda. She is simply incandescent

Ubiquité-cultures.fr

Your contacts in Avignon (pro only)

Leyssieux Gwénaëlle
0678003258 / gwenaelle@labelsaison.com

Theater

9:40 > 11:55shuttle ride included

07 > 26.07

Breaks on 13 & 20.07

Patinoire Route /

From 15 years old

Full price: 20,5€
Off rate: 14€
Pro rate: 9€

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