Project Storm

Play resulting from a research of The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Traducători: Peter Brook și  Marie-Hélène Estienne

Company name: Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord

Company country: France

DIRECTOR: Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne

Distribution:

Sylvain Levitte – Ferdinand, Caliban

Paula Luna - Miranda 

Fabio Maniglio – Trinculo 

Luca Maniglio – Stefano

Marta Tzaczuk – Ariel

Ery Nzaramba – Prospero

The creative team:

Adaptation and direction: Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne 

Lights: Philippe Vialatte

Songs: Harué Momoyama

Show synopsis:

"The Storm" is an enigma. There is one word that reverberates throughout the song - "Free". Typical of Shakespeare's plays, the meaning of the words is not fixed, but always suggested as in a resonance chamber. Caliban wants his freedom. Ariel wants freedom, but it's not the same freedom. Prospero, deep in his books, in search of the occult, is a prisoner of his own dreams. We might think that on the island he became free because he had accumulated all the magical powers that man can acquire. But a magician only plays with powers that do not belong to humanity. It is not given to man to darken the noonday sun, nor to raise the dead. Revenge is consuming him from within, and he has yet to master his own nature, his own storm.

However, he manages to open up and realizes that he cannot get freedom alone, that he can no longer stay on the island, that he must give back to Caliban what is rightfully his, that he must give Ariel his freedom back, to forgive his brother, to let his beloved daughter, Miranda, break away from him and marry his nephew, Ferdinand, and after all this to ask for his own freedom - but to whom? Nine, everyone.

Company description:

As a legendary venue whose walls have witnessed exceptional events, the Theater des Bouffes du Nord has hosted artists from all over the world since its inception. Built in 1876, it reopened in 1974 under the management of Peter Brook and Micheline Rozan. In 2010, Olivier Mantei and Olivier Poubelle took over the management of the theater and continue its tradition as a creative space.

The theater produces a good part of its performances. Thus he manages to add four new shows per season to his repertoire. New projects are supported by the theater from the beginning and throughout the creative process by new companies and renowned artists. In addition to the Parisian shows, more than 250 performances are held annually around the world.

Director biography:

Peter Brook directed a number of shows at the Royal Shakespeare Company before establishing his own theater center in Paris (1974). With his arrival, the Theater Bouffes du Nord became the Center International de Créations Théâtrales (CICT). His innovative approach consists of openness to all forms and styles of theatre. To build a repertoire, he recruited his band from around the world. Here, he directed numerous plays, including recently The Costume (2012), The Valley of Astonishment (2014), Battlefield (2015), The Prisoner (2018), Why? (2019), Zile fericite (2021), as well as his latest play, Proiectul Furtuna (2021) – mostly performed in English and French.

Marie-Hélène Estienne joined CICT in 1977. Worked as an assistant on numerous projects with Peter Brook. He was a co-author of the songs L'homme qui and I am a phenomenon performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. He wrote the French adaptation of Can Temba's play, 

The Costumes, and Sizwe Banzi is dead by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona. In 2003 he wrote the English and French adaptations of the text The Grand Inquisitor (The Grand Inquisitor) based on the novel The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. With Peter Brook, he co-directed Fragments, The Magic Flute, The Suit, The Valley of Astonishment, Battlefield, The Prisoner, Why?, Happy days and The Storm Project.

Show duration: 1h 20 minutes (without break)Special mentions show: For audiences over 14 years old