Kery James & Yannik Landrein
France
A Vif
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Baro
Text by: Kery James
Set design: Mathieu Lorry Dupuy
Artistic collaborator: Pascal Kirsch
Music: Loïc Le Roux
Light design and video: Julien Dubuc
Dramaturgy consultant: Samuel Gallet
Stage manager: Thomas Crevecoeur
Production: Astérios Spectacles
Cast: Kery James, Yannik Landrein, Jean-Pierre Baro
Performance presented in French, with translation into Romanian and English.
Duration: 1h 15min
Date of premiere: 11.06.2018
Original title: A Vif
Co-producers: Les Scènes du Jura - Scène Nationale, Radiant-Bellevue à Caluire-et-Cuire, Le Train-Théâtre à Portes-les-Valence, Maison de la Musique de Nanterre, Pôle-Culturel - Salle de spectacle à Alfortville, L’Atelier à Spectacle à Vernouillet
Two student lawyers face each other during an intense verbal debate. “Is the State solely responsible for the current situation of the suburbs in France?” The first one has to uphold a negative answer, while the second has to answer affirmatively. The theories are tackled in confrontation in a brilliant and fascinating oratory discourse.