At the crossroads of ancient heritage and the contemporary stage, Portrait de famille offers a theatrical immersion into the doomed destiny of the Atrides. Directed by Jean-François Sivadier, this monumental show, inspired by the works ofEuripides, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Seneca, will be staged at the Théâtre du Rond-Point from June 2025. Scheduled from Tuesday to Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 6pm and Sunday at 3pm, it offers almost 3h50 of performance time, including a 20-minute intermission, to plunge you into a reinvented family tragedy.
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Based on an original text written for fourteen young actors from the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique, Portrait de famille revisits the founding myths with an unabashed freedom of tone. Infanticide, betrayal, sacrifice, incest, parricide and cannibalism haunt an infernal genealogy in which human passions collide in an explosive mix of the fantastic, the political and the intimate. The show blends tragedy and comedy, in a generous, baroque style that questions our relationship with violence, filiation and collective memory.
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The project would appeal to audiences interested in ambitious theatrical frescoes and contemporary rewritings of classic texts. Lovers of epic theater, large-scale scenic devices and collective experimentation would find it a rich field of emotion and reflection. On the other hand, spectators looking for a short or light form might be put off by the length and density of the subject matter.
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With Portrait de famille, Jean-François Sivadier presents a fresco at once tragic, burlesque and vertiginously human, in which the story of the Atrides is re-enacted in a fragmented, contemporary form. Starting in June 2025 at the Théâtre du Rond-Point, this theatrical epic offers a gripping reflection on memory, transmission and family violence.
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Dates and Opening Time
From June 19, 2025 to June 29, 2025
Location
Théâtre du Rond Point
2Bis Avenue Franklin Delano Roosevelt
75008 Paris 8
Access
Franklin D.Roosevelt metro station
Prices
€12 - €40
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