“I want to keep the indeterminacy of the voices which, in Olivia Rosenthal’s text, echoes the loss of identity. The body of the actor will be traversed by these voices which go beyond him and which, each in their own way, seek to stem erasure. » Mathieu Touze
We are not here to disappear tells the story of Mr. T., suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, who, on July 6, 2004, stabbed his wife with five stab wounds. The voice of Mr. T. intersects with those of his family, doctors and the author herself.
A theater adaptation by Mathieu Touzé of Olivia Rosenthal’s novel to see at Theater 14 in paris from January 24 to February 18, 2023.
Guests:
- Olivia Rosenthala writer who has published We are not here to disappear at Gallimard in 2007
- Mathieu Touzeactor, director and co-director of Théâtre 14 in Paris