Company Chaliwaté & Focus (BE)
Sunday (Dimanche)
"Sunday" (Dimanche) observes the ingenuity and stubbornness of humans as they try to preserve their day-to-day habits, going to absurd extremes to keep up a sense of normalcy despite the chaos of an ecological collapse. AGE: From 8+ years.
Presented as part of the ILT Festival.
In a small building in the city centre, a family is about to spend their Sunday together, a family tradition. But the walls are shaking, strong winds and torrential rain rage outside and the storm has only just begun. Amidst this climatic chaos, the protagonists absurdly attempt to maintain a normal family life.
Meanwhile, somewhere else on the planet, three travelling wildlife reporters are doing their best to document the apocalypse. They film, with what little equipment they have, Earth’s last living species: three wild animals on the brink of extinction.
Collective insanity, blindness to the bleeding obvious; it’s a rich subject for bittersweet clowning. Between dreamlike fiction and factual reality, Sunday paints a witty and tender portrait of humanity surprised by the uncontrollable forces of nature.
Winner of the Total Theatre Award for Physical and Visual Theatre in 2018 and the Scotsman Fringe First the same year.
Website: www.chaliwate.com
Reviews
“Rarely is so much accomplished in so short a time. (They) make us laugh with their ingenuity and then break our hearts in two with their profound message.”
– The Scotsman
“… beautifully done, appealing to children as well as adults: an eloquent message about the disaster around the corner.”
– Limelight Magazine
“Superb theatre for our time and a wonderful experience for all audience of all ages.”
– InDaily
Written and directed by
Julie Tenret, Sicaire Durieux, Sandrine Heyraud
With:
Julie Tenret, Sicaire Durieux, Sandrine Heyraud
Or:
Thomas Dechaufour, Shantala Pèpe, Christine Heyraud or Julie Dacquin Dramaturgy: Alana Osbourne
Lights:
Guillaume Toussaint Fromentin Sound: Brice Cannavo
Sound for backup:
Loïc le Foll Scenography: Zoé Tenret
Stage set construction:
Zoé Tenret, Bruno Mortaignie (LS Diffusion), Sébastien Boucherit & Sebastien Munck
Puppets:
Waw! Studios/Joachim Jannin & Jean-Raymond Brassinne
Puppet creators’ assistants:
Emmanuel Chessa, Aurélie Deloche & Gaëlle Marras
Video and photography:
Tristan Galand
1st AC:
Alexandre Cabanne
Key grip:
Hatuey Suarez
Underwater filming:
Alexandra Brixy
Video post-production:
Paul Jadoul
Sound (video):
Jeff Levillain (Studio Chocolat-noisette) et Roland Voglaire (Boxon Studio)
General stage management:
Léonard Clarys
Stage management:
Leonard Clarys med Isabelle Derr, Hugues Girard, Nicolas Ghion, David Alonso Morillo, Baptiste Leclère eller Britte Van Meurs
Photo credit:
Virginie Meigné
Co-produced with:
Le Théâtre les Tanneurs, Le Théâtre de Namur, La Maison de la Culture de Tournai/Maison de la Création, Le Sablier – IFS (France), Arts and Ideas New Haven (USA), Adelaide Festival (Australia), Auckland Arts Festival (NZ), Théâtre Victor Hugo de Bagneux, Scène des Arts du Geste/EPT Vallée Sud Grand Paris & the Coop ASBL
Produced by:
Le Théâtre les Tanneurs. An Associate Production of Le Théâtre de Namur og La Maison de la Culture de Tournai/Maison de la Création.
With the support of:
La Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Service du cirque, des Arts Forains et de la Rue et de la Loterie Nationale, De Wallonie Bruxelles International (WBI), De La Bourse du CAPT, de la Commission Communautaire Française, De Shelterprod, Du Taxshelter.be, Ing og Du Tax-Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge.
With thanks to:
Escale Du Nord – Centre Culturel D’Anderlecht, Centre de la Marionnette de Tornai, La Roseraie, Latitude 50 – Pôles des Arts Du Cirque et de la Rue, Espace Catastrophe, Centre Culturel Jacques Franck, Maison de la Culture Famenne-Ardennes, Centre Culturel D’Eupen, La Vénerie, Le Centre Culturel de Braine L’Alleud, Le Royal Festival de Spa, Le Théâtre Marni, L’Escaut, Bronks, AD LIB Diffusion, AD LIB Production: Résidences au Libitum, LookIN’out og Le Festival XS.