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Playing the Seagull
Show · Sunday, November 8 · 19:00 · Marseille 2e Arrondissement
Théâtre Joliette, 2 Place Henri Verneuil
Two generations of actors reinterpret a classic of theatre, revealing its current relevance. Thus opens The Seagull: a summer, in a house by a lake, Konstantin Treplev is about to present the play he wrote for Nina, of whom he is madly in love. Facing his mother, Arkadina, a famous actress, and Trigorine, a renowned writer, he dreams of a new theatre. The performance begins, but nothing goes as planned. Art becomes a fragile terrain. Passions clash. Each seeks love, recognition, another possible life. In this creation at th…
