Dans la mesure de l'impossible
The son of a doctor mother and a journalist father, Tiago Rodrigues has often wondered why he chose to tell the world rather than save it by acting in a more concrete way.
Rodrigues will be present for the third season since 2018-19 on the stage of Comédie de Genève. The theme, which links a person's story with history is perfectly suited to this autor-director who is a virtuoso in the art of mixing narrative layers. To write 'Dans la mesure de l'impossible', he met in Geneva the director of the International Red Cross and his teams. This led to a desire to look at the world through the eyes of people who are involved in humanitarian work and the need to write a show through the prism of intimacy.
What drives a human being to risk his or her life to help others?
How do we deal with the question of belonging and of our "home"? When does this belonging become problematic in the face of the chaos of the world?
How does this double life between crisis and conflict zones and returning home to a peaceful country change the way we look at the world and our personal lives?
Credits:
Text and direction: Tiago Rodrigues
Translation: Thomas Resendes
With: Adrien Barazzone, Beatriz Brás, Baptiste Coustenoble, Natacha Koutchoumov and Gabriel Ferrandini (musician)
Scenography: Laura Fleury, Laurent Junod, Wendy Tokuoka
Music composition: Gabriel Ferrandini
Lights: Rui Monteiro
Sound: Pedro Costa
Costumes and artistic collaboration: Magda Bizarro
Assistant director: Lisa Como
Set construction: Workshops of Comédie de Genève
Production: Comédie de Genève
Coproduction: Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Piccolo Teatro di Milano-Teatro d’Europa, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Équinoxe – Scène nationale de Châteauroux, CSS Teatro stabile di innovazione del FVG, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Théâtre national de Bretagne, Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne, CDN Orléans, La Coursive – Scène nationale La Rochelle
With the support of ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross and MSF - Doctors Without Borders
Thanks to: IRCR and MSF teams
Recommended age: 14+
Duration: 2h
Show premiered at 1st of February 2022, at Comédie de Genève
Tour dates:
26 - 27 April 2025: SPAC - Shizuoka Performing Arts Center, Shizuoka (Japan)
More information:
Emmanuelle Ossena – Comédie de Genève
diffusion@comedie.ch
Photograph: © Magali Dougados
