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The Distance

 

2077. 2077. While humanity struggles to survive, plagued by economic precariousness and the consequences of climate change, part of the population lives in exile on Mars. Back on Earth, a father strives to maintain a relationship with his daughter who has gone to the Red Planet. The Distance is a miniature lost in the vastness of the cosmos.

Through this dystopian yet not-improbable scenario, Tiago Rodrigues explores the consequences of our choices as much as the possibility of communication between generations. The artist sets two worlds face to face and imagines their dialogue in orbit as a series of very, very, very long-distance calls.

He is joined for the occasion by actors Adama Diop and Alison Dechamps in an interplanetary setup in rotation, like two celestial bodies stuck in their respective orbits, alternatively coming closer and drifting apart.

 

Credits:

Text and direction: Tiago Rodrigues

With: Alison Dechamps, Adama Diop

French translation: Thomas Resendes

English translation: Daniel Hahn

Scenography: Fernando Ribeiro

Costumes: José António Tenente

Lights: Rui Monteiro 

Music: Pedro Costa

Artistic collaboration: Sophie Bricaire  

Assistant director: André Pato

Production: Festival d’Avignon

Coproduction: Teatro stabile di Napoli Teatro Nazionale (Naples), Onassis Stegi (Athènes), La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand Scène nationale, Divadlo International Theatre Festival (Plzeň), Le Volcan Scène nationale du Havre, Teatre Lliure (Barcelone), Centro Dramatico Nacional (Madrid), Malakoff Scène nationale Théâtre 71, Culturgest (Lisbonne), De Singel (Anvers), Équinoxe Scène nationale de Châteauroux, Points communs Nouvelle Scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise / Val d’Oise, Piccolo Teatro di Milano Teatro d’Europa (Milan), Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg Scène européenne, NTCH Taiwan National Theatre and Concert Hall, Les Célestins Théâtre de Lyon, Théâtre du Bois de l’Aune (Aix-en-Provence), Théâtre de Grasse Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national Art & Création, Scènes et Cinés Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national Art en territoire (Istres), Le Bateau Feu Scène nationale de Dunkerque, Plovdiv Drama Theatr ث, Malta Festival (Poznan), Espace 1789 (Saint-Ouen)

With the support of the integration programme of the École du TNB - Théâtre national de Bretagne and for the 79th edition of the Festival d'Avignon: Spedidam

Residency La FabricA du Festival d’Avignon

Acknowledgements Marie Azevedo, Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe (Paris)

 

Tour dates:

10 – 11 September 2025: Divadlo International Theatre Festival, Plzeň (Czequia)

17 – 18 September 2025: Plovdiv Drama Theatre, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

1 – 3 October 2025: Malakoff Scène nationale – Théâtre 71, Malakoff (France)

10 – 11 October 2025: De Singel, Antwerp (Belgium)

15 – 17 October 2025: Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne, Strasbourg (France)

22 – 24 October 2025: Teatro stabile di Napoli, Naples (Italy)

5 – 7 November 2025: La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand Scène nationale (France)

13 - 23 November 2025: Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Lausanne (Switzerland)

26 – 27 November 2025: MC2, Grenoble (France)

1 December 2025: Équinoxe Scène nationale de Châteauroux (France)

15 – 18 January 2026: Centro Dramatico Nacional, Madrid (Spain)

21 – 25 January 2026: Teatre Lliure, Barcelona (Spain)

29 – 30 January 2026: Le Bateau Feu Scène Nationale Dunkerque, Dunkirk (France)

3 – 4 February 2026: Le Volcan Scène nationale du Havre (France)

7 - 10 May 2026: Onassis Steg, Athens (Greece)

15 – 16 May 2026: Piccolo Teatro di Milano Teatro d’Europa, Milan (Italy)

21 – 22 May 2026: Théâtre de Grasse, Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national Art & Création, Grasse (France)

27 – 28 May 2026: Scènes & Cinés, Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national Art en territoire, Istres (França)

2 – 3 June 2026: Théâtre du Bois de l’Aune, Aix-en-Provence (France)

 

More information: 

Anne-Mathilde Di Tomaso – Festival d’Avignon
anne-mathilde.di-tomaso@festival-avignon.com

Léa Dony – Festival d’Avignon
lea.dony@festival-avignon.com

 

Photograph: © NASA/JPL-Caltech

 

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Portuguese actor, director, playwright and producer, Tiago Rodrigues (1977) is an advocate of a living theatre, deeply rooted in the idea of writing for and with the actors. Procura constantemente a transformação poética da realidade através das ferramentas teatrais. Desde setembro de 2022, é Diretor do Festival d’Avignon, em França.

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