Description
Created at the Cartoucherie, and playing from Christmas 2006 to 2008, the Theatre du Soleil's most recent production has led a nomadic life, touring from Athens to the Avignon Festival, from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro or New York, meeting with triumph at every turn, both in France and abroad. However, the very first performances of Les Ephemeres (The Ephemerals) in December 2006 surprised, and even perplexed, the home audience. Neither the form nor the content corresponded with what they themselves thought they should expect – even though at the ritual meeting with the audience given so generously by Ariane Mnouchkine several weeks before opening night, she had warned them that this time, it was going to be totally different! In this production, Theatre du Soleil now advances into the new territory of the intimate: the familial, evoking a country closer to home, France and spans four generations.