JULIUS CAESAR
Text: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Direction: ARTHUR NAUZYCIEL
Conspiracy, assassination, William Shakespeare's play, transposed to America in the 60s, is brought to life by 13 American actors and a jazz trio.
Arthur Nauzyciel's reinterpretation invites us to reflect on the mechanisms of power and the fragility of democracy.
At the height of his power, Julius Caesar reigned over Rome. In the shadows of the palaces and forums, a group of republicans, led by Brutus, unite in a fatal plot to assassinate the dictator.
Daring and tumultuous, political and treacherous: Arthur Nauzyciel's staging, which premiered in Boston in 2008, transcends time as if to better focus on the characters, their complex motivations and their inner struggles.
On Tour
- 09.01 - 17.01.2025
Théâtre National de Bretagne (Rennes) - 23.01 - 01.02.2025
Villeurbanne, Théâtre National Populaire (Lyon area) - 06.03 - 15.03.2025
Sceaux, Théâtre Les Gémeaux (Paris area)
Creative Team
With
- SARA KATHRYN BAKKER
- DAVID BARLOW
- JARED CRAIG
- ROY FAUDREE
- ISMAIL IBN CONNER
- ISAAC JOSEPHTAL
- DYLAN KUSSMAN
- MARK MONTGOMERY
- RUDY MUNGARAY
- DANIEL PETTROW
- TIMOTHY SEKK
- NEIL PATRICK STEWART
- JAMES WATERSTON, alternating with JIM TRUE FROST
Jazz trio
- MARIANNE SOLIVAN
- LEANDRO PELLEGRINO, alternating with ERIC HOFBAUER
- DMITRY ISHENKO
Set Design: RICCARDO HERNANDEZ
Light: SCOTT ZIELINSKI
Costumes: JAMES SCHUETTE
Sound: DAVID REMEDIOS
Choreography: DAMIEN JALET
Duration 3h20 including intermission
Performance in english with french surtitles
From 16 years old
In the Press
"Rarely has theater reached such heights of thoughtful emotion as in this Julius Caesar."
- Le Monde, Brigitte Salino
"Applauded, acclaimed and praised in France in 2009, the play, directed by Arthur Nauzyciel with a quiet genius seasoned by a jazzy gesture, has rarely been staged with such elegant irony."
– L’Express, Laurence Liban
