Letters from Rodez

The play is composed of a selection of letters from the French actor, poet and playwright, Antonin Artaud to his psychiatrist, Dr. Ferdière, during the period, 1943-1946, in which he was interned as insane in the Rodez mental asylum. The letters comprise the desperate dialogue between Artaud and his doctor, and, through him, with society as a whole.

First show of the Amok Theater, Letters from Rodez is based on a formal research that confronts Antonin Artaud and Etienne Decroux: two men belonging to the same generation, who broke away from their predecessors, and founded the actor's work on a precise and rigorous approach of the body.

We wanted to confront his  researches, visions, imagine the actor as an animated hieroglyph, drawing the space with his gestures and beating the airheavily by blowing. 

Cartas de Rodez had its debut in 1998 in the Instituto Philipe Pinel, Rio de Janeiro, and received the Shell Theatre Prize for best Direction (Ana Teixeira) and for best actor (Stephane Brodt). The play was also awarded the Mambembe Prize for best show, besides a nomination for best Direction.

The show is in the ranking of Bravo! magazine's "100 Best of Culture"! and among the "Best of the Year" of the O Globo newspaper.

 

"Don’t want anyone to ignore my cries of pain, and I want them to be heard".

Antonin Artaud






CAST AND CREATIVE

Author Antonin Artaud
Translation Llilian Escorel
Adaptation Ana Teixeira / Stephane Brodt
Direction Ana Teixeira
Cast Stephane Brodt
Scenery Ana Teixeira
Lighting Wilson Reiz / Stephane Brodt
Music Charles Ives e Shostakovich.
Costume Design Amok Teatro
Graphic Design Paolo Lima
Press Pangéia Comunicações
Production Amok Teatro




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