Bérénice: Guy Cassiers revisits Racine at the Comédie-Française

Published by Philippine de Sortiraparis · Photos by Cécile de Sortiraparis · Updated on February 15, 2025 at 02:46 p.m. · Published on February 14, 2025 at 02:46 p.m.
Guy Cassiers takes on Racine's Bérénice for his second staging at the Comédie-Française. A timeless tragedy between classicism and modernity, to be discovered from March 26 to May 11 2025 at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier.

Following his adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Demons in 2022 at the Salle Richelieu, Guy Cassiers returns to Comédie-Française with Bérénice, a Racinian masterpiece. A specialist in theater that questions history and politics, he finds in this tragedy a fertile ground for his exploration of the discourses of power and human dilemmas. Berenice, which revolves around the renunciation by Titus, Emperor of Rome, of his love for the foreign queen, takes on a new dimension under the Flemish director's eye.

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Renowned for his mastery of image technologies and their integration into the dramaturgy, Guy Cassiers imagines a moving set: an antechamber suspended in time, where space evolves to the rhythm of the characters' torments. This approach amplifies the psyche of Berenice, portrayed as a strong woman in the face of the hesitations of Titus and Antiochus, her friend who is also in love with her. Cassiers pushes this tension even further by casting a single actor in the roles of Titus and Antiochus, intensifying the turmoil and perception of power.

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First performed in 1680 at the Comédie-Française, Bérénice here takes on a new aesthetic, combining the classicism of the text with a resolutely modern staging. This new production promises a unique theatrical experience ahead of a tour of France and Europe from May to July 2025. A date not to be missed from March 26 to May 11, 2025 at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier.

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Dates and Opening Time
From March 26, 2025 to May 11, 2025

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    Location

    21 Rue du Vieux Colombier
    75006 Paris 6

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    Saint-Sulpice metro station

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    www.comedie-francaise.fr

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