« Clôture de l’amour », written and directed by Pascal Rambert, March 8, 2016 at 8:15pm. The Dutch premier of this play, in French, atTheater aan het Spui in The Hague. An evening in partnership with the Alliance française. Pascal Rambert.
“They believed it, they believed in it. That crazy love, absolute and final… But it’s all over. Stan and Audrey face each other, to finally put an end to it. Clôture de l’amour, the epitome of a break-up dialogue. Two artists, in a rehearsal room illuminated with crude neon lights, fire and receive words like bullets,” wrote Pascal Rambert who scrutinizes and dissects the feelings associated with the rupture of love through the medium of two forceful monologues. Author, director, producer and choreographer, Rambert has been the director of the Théâtre de Gennevilliers since 2007.
Created at the Festival of Avignon in 2011, “Clôture de l’amour ” had an immediate success with audiences and critics alike. The play toured in Italy, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Croatia, Japan, Russia, and New York. It was presented as part of last season’s programming by Johanna ter Steege and Reinout Bussemaker in Dutch, here in the Netherlands. Initially, the roles are written and specially tailored for the actors Audrey Bonnet and Stanislas Nordey. However for this representation in The Hague, Pascal Rambert himself will play the male role.
” Clôture de l’amour ” March 8, 2016, in French (no subtitles), 2 hours long, Theater aan het Spui 8:15 p.m.. Address: Spui 187, The Hague. Reservations: 070-346 52 72; price: 20 euros. A tasting of French wines, accompanied by some appetizers, is possible on site from 6:30pm (reservations only please; the price for the wine tasting and the show combined: 30 euros). A meeting with Pascal Rambert, hosted by journalist Ariejan Korteweg, is scheduled at the end of the performance.The show has been scheduled in observation of the International Women’s Day and will kick off the Francophone month here in the Netherlands. The programming of “Clôture de l’amour ” was possible thanks to the ongoing collaboration between Theater aan het Spui and the Alliance française de La Haye.
Press coverage
“Clôture de l’amour transforms a domestic scene into a performance which is as cruel as it is mind blowing.” Fabienne Arvers and Patrick Sourd, Inrocks.
“A heated face-to-face interaction where, without ever touching each other, the actors confronts the audience with a discussion about their dying love. A very intense operation,” ML Paris, the three shots.
“A strikingly unstoppable struggle, void of any gratitude” Brigitte Salino, Le Monde
“We loved the idea to love but who do we really love? “Savannah Mace, The Huffington Post.
“The woman has the best role because she is the more generous character, able to forgive her husband, to love again, and to continue to give of her life unconditionally. He (the male figure) displayed an irresponsible sense of narcissism. But the playwright and director Pascal Rambert goes above and beyond any form of evident psychology. Here, it does not matter who wins and who loses. “Fabienne Pascaud, Télérama.
