Ubu Roi
by Alfred Jarry
IN FRENCH
IN FRENCH
In 2007, Peter Brook invited Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod to
form a group of actors to perform Racine's Andromaque. Following that
production's international success, Cheek by Jowl are working with the
same French actors on a new production of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi.
'A crack ensemble of French actors... sweeping passion... terrifying.'
The Guardian (on Andromaque)
'Can't recommend it enough. It's poised, it's intense. It's raw.'
The Times (on Andromaque)
The sheer vitality of Jarry's creation offers a thrilling new point of departure for the company in bringing this extraordinary eponymous figure to the stage.
Ubu Roi will be Cheek by Jowl's first French language production as lead producer and will tour the UK and Europe in early 2013.
This production is suitable for 16+
Produced by Cheek by Jowl in a co-production with the Barbican, London,
Les Gémeaux/Sceaux/Scène Nationale and La Comédie de Béthune - Centre Dramatique National du Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
Performances
This production is not currently on tour-
Previous Tours
+2013
January
26 - 27 The Hague, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Netherlands 30 - 2 Feb Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, UK February
5 - 9 Oxford Playhouse, UK 14 - 3 Mar Paris, Sceaux, Les Gémeaux/Scène Nationale, France March
5 - 8 Béthune, Comédie de Béthune, France 26 - 29 Bordeaux, Théâtre National de Bordeaux en Aquitaine, France April
3 - 6 Marseille, Théâtre National de Marseille La Criée, France 10 - 20 London, Barbican, UK
Video
Cast and Creative Team
| Cast includes: | |
| Xavier Boiffier | |
| Camille Cayol | |
| Vincent de Bouard | |
| Christophe Grégoire | |
| Cécile Leterme | |
| Sylvain Levitte | |
| Director | Declan Donnellan |
| Designer | Nick Ormerod |
| Associate Director | Michelangelo Marchese |
| Associate and Movement Director | Jane Gibson |
| Lighting Designer | Pascal Noel |
| Composer & Sound Designer | Davy Sladek |
| Assistant Director | Bertrand Lesca |
| Costume Supervisor | Angie Burns |
| Technical Stage Manager | Manuel Vidal |
| Lighting | Vincent Gabriel |
| Sound | Clementine Bergel |
| Audiovisual | Benoit Simon |
| Wardrobe | Marina Aguilar |
| Production Assistant | Edward Fortes |
Reviews
UK
Financial Times
by Sarah Hemming, Barbican, London
"Endlessly inventive and wickedly funny"
Read the full review here.
Independent
by Paul Taylor, Barbican, London
"Exhilaratingly fresh...blackly hilarious"
Read the full review here.
The Guardian
by Michael Billington, Barbican, London
"Donnellan gets richly uninhibited performances from his cast...battlefield chaos in a world of civilised chic"
Read the full review here.
Evening Standard
by Henry Hitchings, Barbican, London
"An inspired production of a gruesome drama"
Read the full review here.
Exeunt
"The brilliance and intelligence - but also the fun - of Declan Donnellan's wise, ticklish staging for Cheek by Jowl..."
Read the full review here.
A Younger Theatre
"Cheek By Jowl has created a dinner party as scandalous as they come... a beautiful production, and one not to be missed."
Read the full review here.
France
Le Monde
Le Figaro
par Nathalie Simon
"Outrageous, overflowing with unbridled energy"
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Les Echos
par Philippe Chevilley
"Donnellan leads this balletic performance with staggering virtuosity"
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TouteLaCulture.com
par Fabienne Alice Dubois
"Donnellan reminds us that theatre is an essential art which can keep us alive. Moving, surprising and possessing a dramatic power for which only Cheek by Jowl have the gift."
Lire toute la revue. (en français)
Marianne.net
par Jack Dion
"Donnellan's version breathes new life into the play"
Lire toute la revue. (en français)
Podcast
Creating Andromaque
Cammille Japy, who plays Hermione, and Xavier Boiffier, who plays Oreste, discuss the process of creating Andromaque.Download mp3 (right click and "save target as")
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