Theatre All audiences, as of 15 years old FR

Orphelins

Dennis Kelly
Elsa Chêne

Hélène lives with her partner Danny. One evening, her brother Liam arrives without warning at their home. He is covered in blood. In a state of shock, he speaks confusedly about an “accident” and “a young injured guy” that he would have taken in his arms. Whereas Danny and Hélène try understand more about the event, the truth is twisted in Liam’s words, his speech becomes more and more ambiguous. Tensions arise in the heart of the house, gradually revealing the darkness of each of the three characters.

“Orphelins” is as well crafted as a psychological thriller, a spellbinding detective story or a dark comedy. Dennis Kelly keeps us under tension from beginning to end by showing us how the most raw violence can suddenly burst into a family unit and set it ablaze to the point of no return.

For Elsa Chêne, “if the play touches the heart, it is because in reality it speaks only of us, humans who believe that love is, and must be, definitively stronger than anything”. And as the play progresses, it is indeed love that we are going to be wary of, of this love that runs in the veins and sticks to the skin until it becomes slick, until it imposes, subjugates, and excludes everything that could legitimately nuance it.

Creation : 2021

Creation: 2021
© Alice Piemme
© Alice Piemme
© Alice Piemme
© Alice Piemme

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Text : Dennis Kelly

Director : Elsa Chêne
With : Jennifer Cousin, Antonin Jenny, Lucas Meister & Nominoë Rolland Antzenberger
Assistant director & dramaturgy : Victor Rachet ¨
Accessories & costumes : Marion Menan (accompanied by Hugo Favier)
Sound : Laurent Gueuning

Lights : Iris Julienne
Light manager : Lou Van Egmond
Sound manager : Hubert Monroy
Accompaniment in distribution and project development: Ad Lib – Artists support

A creation supported by Vitesses asbl.
Coproduced by le Théâtre Varia and La Coop asbl.
With the help of la Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles-Service du théâtre, Shelterprod, taxshelter.be, ING and the Belgian federal government’s tax-shelter.

Show Duration 1h40
Venue capacity 200
Audience suitability 15 and above
Touring party 6 or 7
Stage size
Width 12m (9m minimum)
Depth 11m (9m minimum)
Height 6m (4m minimum)
Set up 8h
Breakdown 4h
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