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Phèdre, the vertigo of a passion that escapes all reason
Show · Monday, October 19 · 21:00 · Paris
Théâtre Lucas-Paumier, 15 rue du Retrait
What if the fiercest passion had been written more than three centuries ago? She loves the one she should not love. She fights against a desire she cannot admit or silence. Around her, people tear apart, words become weapons, silences become confessions. And what seemed to stay secret leads each to the irreparable. “I have never wished to stage Phèdre because it is a classic. I chose it because it remains a deeply contemporary work. I do not believe that masterpieces survive thanks to…
