Avignon. Saigon. Symphonies of Pain part 4
Texte et mise en scène : Caroline GUIELA NGUYEN –
Collaboration artistique : Claire CALVI –
Dramaturgie : Jérémie SCHEIDLER – Manon WORMS –
Traduction : Duc Duy Nguyen, Thi Thanh Thu Tô
Scénographie : Alice DUCHANGE
Lumière : Jérémie PAPIN
Son : Antoine RICHARD
Costumes : Benjamin MOREAU
Gymnase du Lycée Aubanel –
Photo: Christophe Raynaud De Lage.
Caroline Guiela Nguyen has created a four-hour theatrical tale based on the history of Vietnam. Its story centres on colonialism and the struggle for independence, reflected in the lives of several Vietnamese families, who left Saigon for France. Nguyen is an offspring of this exodus. For her, the post-colonial history of Vietnam, and the history of Hồ Chí Minh–city, the city of Saigon, the one that “we can tell only with tears in our eyes”, is part of her identity and her artistic exploration. The play captures the drama of departures and returns, the tragedy of unfulfilled hopes and the suffering of misunderstanding. …