1-3 (c) Ida Jakobs
“Together we have danced every imaginable turn: suffering, tenderness, passion, foolishness, betrayal, anger, comedy, tedium, love, lies, joy, jealousies, adultery, overstepping boundaries, good faith. And here are even more: tears, eroticism, mere eroticism, disasters, triumphs, troubles, abuse, fights, anxiety, pining, eggs, sperm, bleeding, departure, panties. Here are even more – best to finish before the rails run out – impotence, lechery, terror, the proximity of death, death itself, black nights, sleepless nights, white nights, music, breakfast, breasts, lips, pictures. Turn towards the camera and behold another jumble of images: skin, dog, rituals, roast duck, whale steak, bad oysters, cheating and fiddling, rapes, fine clothes, jewellery, touches, kisses, shoulders, hips, strange lights, streets, towns, rivals, seducers, hairs in the comb, long letters, explanations, all that laughter, ageing, aches, spectacles, hands, hands, hands. Now the aria comes to a close: shadows, gentleness, I will help you, the shoreline, the sea. Now all is quiet. My father’s old gold watch with its cracked glass ticks away on its stand on my desk. It says seven minutes to twelve.”
– Ingmar Bergman, Laterna Magica
After Scènes de la vie conjugale (Scenes from a Marriage) and Après la répétition (After the Rehearsal) in 2013, STAN once again turns its attention to Ingmar Bergman’s oeuvre. The desire to delve more deeply into Bergman’s work is shared by actor Robby Cleiren, who has previously been involved in STAN productions, including Betrayal, The Monkey Trial and The Cherry Orchard. His company, de Roovers, is coproducing this new play. For the first time they are working with Ruth Becquart, best known in recent years for her television work.
Infidèles is based on the eponymous script from 1996 and Bergman’s autobiography ‘Laterna Magica’ published in 1987. In ‘Infidèles’ Bergman himself goes into dialogue with his characters and the first-person narrator is incorporated in the piece. This exploration of the autobiographical dimension of his work is not reduced to voyeurism, confession or psychologization, but shows how subtly and ruthlessly Bergman exposed human relationships.
The uninhibited theatrical reading will throw into relief the discernment and humanity, the vitality and humour of Bergman’s oeuvre. The piece will be an unaffected tribute, a declaration of love, a gesture of respect and admiration, but one that avoids idolatry.
1-3 (c) Stef Stessel
“There are only three things necessary for a performance to work: the play – words – the actors and the audience. You don’t need anything else for the miracle to happen.”
In French
text Ingmar Bergman, translation Vincent Fournier
by and with Ruth Becquart, Robby Cleiren, Jolente De Keersmaeker and Frank Vercruyssen
costumes An D’Huys
lighting design Stef Stessel
production STAN and de Roovers
coproduction Festival D’Automne (Paris), Théâtre de la Bastille (Paris), Théâtre Garonne (Toulouse)
“With a mise-en-scene centered on the bodies, the movements and the light, with minima, with this simplicity, this correctness of the tone, this respectful mise en abyme of the words of Bergman which are its hallmark, the flemish collective, while always giving us the feeling that the play is being created before our eyes, tells in a unique way this banal tragedy of ordinary life. And we, we still love it so much. “
Nicole Clodi, La Dépêche du Midi, 8 May 2018
“First of all there is Infidèles (Faithless) after the scenario of the same name and with passages from Laterna Magica. It is a collective work made by four actors from the magnificent tg STAN: Ruth Becquart, Robby Cleiren, Jolente De Keersmaeker and Frank Vercruyssen. Infidèles is both a Bergman scenario and a film by Liv Ullmann – Infidèle in the singular. Here it is almost as if the writer, the artist Bergman is standing next to his own characters.”
Armelle Héliot, Le Figaro, 5 September 2018
“In an airy and adaptable set, the four actors deliver to perfection Ingmar Bergman’s script. With a crescendoing intensity, in which the skilfully maintained languor could prove destabilizing, they underscore the Swedish playwright’s incisive dialogues, some of which are taken from his autobiography Laterna Magica. They reveal the bitter-sweet humour and the humanity concealed behind the façade of cruelty and irony.”
Vincent Bouquet, Les Echos, 12 September 2018
2022
January
Tue 11.01.22
Kaaitheater
Bruxelles
Wed 12.01.22
Kaaitheater
Bruxelles
Thu 13.01.22 20:30
Kaaitheater
Bruxelles
Fri 14.01.22 20:30
Kaaitheater
Bruxelles
Sat 15.01.22 20:30
Kaaitheater
Bruxelles
Wed 19.01.22
CC Het Gasthuis
Aarschot
February
Tue 01.02.22
kunstencentrum nona
Mechelen
Wed 02.02.22
kunstencentrum nona
Mechelen
Thu 03.02.22
kunstencentrum nona
Mechelen
Wed 09.02.22
CAMPO
Gent
Thu 10.02.22
CAMPO
Gent
Fri 11.02.22
CAMPO
Gent
Sat 12.02.22
30 CC
Leuven
Sun 13.02.22
CC Strombeek
Strombeek-Bever
Tue 15.02.22
De Brakke Grond
Amsterdam
Wed 16.02.22
De Brakke Grond
Amsterdam
Thu 17.02.22
De Brakke Grond
Amsterdam
Fri 18.02.22
CC Blankenberge
Blankenberge
Sat 19.02.22
CC Ter Vesten
Beveren
Tue 22.02.22
Monty
Antwerpen
Wed 23.02.22
Monty
Antwerpen
Thu 24.02.22
Monty
Antwerpen
Fri 25.02.22
Schouwburg De Kern
Wilrijk
Sat 26.02.22
CC het Spoor
Harelbeke
2019
January
Thu 10.01.19 20:30
Théâtre de Rungis
Rungis
Wed 16.01.19 00:00
!POC! Alfortville
Alfortville
February
Fri 08.02.19 20:00
Théâtre Joliette
Marseille
Sat 09.02.19 19:00
Théâtre Joliette
Marseille
Wed 20.02.19 19:00
Théâtre Les Tanneurs
Bruxelles
Thu 21.02.19 20:30
Théâtre Les Tanneurs
Bruxelles
Fri 22.02.19 20:30
Théâtre Les Tanneurs
Bruxelles
Sat 23.02.19 20:30
Théâtre Les Tanneurs
Bruxelles
Tue 26.02.19 20:00
Theatre de Lorient
Lorient
Wed 27.02.19 20:00
Theatre de Lorient
Lorient
March
Thu 14.03.19 21:00
Théâtre Alibi
Bastia
Fri 15.03.19 21:00
Théâtre Alibi
Bastia
Thu 28.03.19 20:30
Centre Dramatique National Orléans/Centre-Val de Loire (SARL)
Orléans
Fri 29.03.19 19:30
Centre Dramatique National Orléans/Centre-Val de Loire (SARL)
Orléans
Sat 30.03.19 18:00
Centre Dramatique National Orléans/Centre-Val de Loire (SARL)
Orléans
April
Wed 03.04.19 19:30
Comédie de Genève
Genève
Thu 04.04.19 19:30
Comédie de Genève
Genève
Fri 05.04.19 20:00
Comédie de Genève
Genève
Sat 06.04.19 18:00
Comédie de Genève
Genève
Thu 25.04.19 20:30
La Passerelle SN Saint Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc
Fri 26.04.19 20:30
La Passerelle SN Saint Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc
2018
may
Wed 02.05.18 20:00
Théâtre Garonne
Toulouse
Thu 03.05.18 20:30
Théâtre Garonne
Toulouse
Fri 04.05.18 20:30
Théâtre Garonne
Toulouse
Sat 05.05.18 20:30
Théâtre Garonne
Toulouse
Mon 07.05.18 20:00
Théâtre Garonne
Toulouse
Tue 08.05.18 20:00
Théâtre Garonne
Toulouse
Mon 14.05.18 20:30
Le Parvis
Tarbes
Tue 15.05.18 20:30
Le Parvis
Tarbes
Thu 17.05.18 20:00
Le Reflet - Théâtre de Vevey
Vevey
Fri 18.05.18 20:00
Le Reflet - Théâtre de Vevey
Vevey
Thu 24.05.18 19:30
Bois de l’Aune
Aix-en-Provence
Fri 25.05.18 19:30
Bois de l’Aune
Aix-en-Provence
augustus
Fri 31.08.18 20:00
Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern (Dramaten)
Stockholm
september
Sat 01.09.18 16:00
Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern (Dramaten)
Stockholm
Mon 10.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Tue 11.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Thu 13.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Fri 14.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Mon 17.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Tue 18.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Wed 19.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Thu 20.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Fri 21.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Sun 23.09.18 17:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Mon 24.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Tue 25.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Wed 26.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Thu 27.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris
Fri 28.09.18 20:00
Théâtre de la Bastille
Paris