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Animal (2010)
B.U.I.T.E.N. Airlines (2010)
Pop-Corn (2009)
L’initiatrice / The initiator (2008)
Kif-Kif (2008)
L'eau du loup / The Wolf’s Water (2008)
Placebo (2006)
Le silence des mères / The Mothers’ Silence (2006)
Le sacrifice du martin pêcheur (2005)
L'hiver de la cigale / Pinocchio's tears
La résistante / The Resistant (2002)
N'être / Birth (2002)
Alba Rosa / Alba Rose (1998)
Ce soir relâche / No performance this evening (1987)
Leonardo ou le souci de l'éphémère / Leonardo or the problem
of the ephemeral (1987)
Les ailes de la nuit / The Wings of the Night (1985)
Arlecchino senza maschera / Harlequin unmasked (1984)
Sans l'avis du peintre / Without the artist’s opinion (1984)
Downloadable texts are not always the played versions.
For these, contact me: info@pietropizzuti.be
Animal (2010)
Carte blanche given by the Théâtre Le Public (Bruxelles) to Pietro Pizzuti ; collectively written by Donatienne Cappelle, Catherine Graindorge, Caroline Kempeneers, Magali Pinglaut, Pietro Pizzuti, Virginie Thirion and Laurence Vielle.
A tribute to extinct animals, including ourselves. A zoological farce played by and for 5 humanoids in a cage. A chaotic tragicomedy about the extinction of species caused by mankind and its own impending extinction. To top it all off, a psycho-affective snapshot of the actors.
« ... Subtle, colourful collective writing. A plethora of tones and styles.
It's devilish fun ! » (Roger Simons)
The characters:
Catherine, Donatienne, Magali, Laurence, Pietro
French script:
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B.U.I.T.E.N. Airlines (2010)
On the eve of his annual leave, Jos Verbeeck, a happy-go-lucky forty-something Belgian with an Olympian physique and an earthy local accent, boards flight 292 of the new Belgian airline, B.U.I.T.E.N. Airlines(Brussels Undercover Intervention Team for Expulsion of Non-natives Airlines), bound for Athens. He is looking forward to his well-earned break in the Cyclades. However, after boarding and getting to the back of the plane to take up his usual seats, he comes face-to-face with two National security agents who are blocking his way. His seats are behind them and seem to have been taken by three men, one of whom is struggling to get free from the grips of two other agents who are holding him down on the ground. The man is whining like a piglet. He is apparently being expelled from Belgian territory and forcibly repatriated. No matter … citizen-holidaymaker Jos Verbeeck has no intention of being bossed around. Nor does he intend to give up his usual seats without a peep.
The characters:
Jos Verbeeck
French script:
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Pop-Corn (2009)
MartO, a widely acclaimed sexy clown, has sent the audience ratings through the ceiling. She is the star presenter of « Pop-Corn, the show where you squirm if you can! ». The most politically incorrect TV show of the decade. The rules of the game are clear: she invites the most prominent politicians and personalities, fires trick questions and obscure insinuations at them and then takes great delight in seeing them squirm in the white-hot cauldron of her TV studio. No holds are barred, including taking questions from viewers. Result: two hours of irresistible television madness. MartO, with her red nose and clad in her rainbow suit, is unstoppable: her sex appeal and professionalism make her untouchable. Her superiors protect her … until the day a decision from « on high » is taken to suspend her from her duties. That same evening, she knocks on the door of the General Administrator of the TV station: Maude Brassin, her ex.
The characters:
MartO: late thirties, despite her cheek she is in not at all vulgar. Her sensual beauty contrasts with her irreverent deceitfulness. Her red nose and agreeable figure are her best allies.
Maude Brassin: early forties; her natural elegance wittingly masks what motivates her: a desire to exercise her professional duties with integrity.
French script:
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L’initiatrice / The initiator (2008)
First performed at the Théâtre Le Public on 9 September 2009 under the direction of Guy Theunissen. Cast: Babetida Sadjo and Patricia Ide.
Nowadays, in the world that we will pass on to our heirs, a white woman discovers a black woman squatting in an empty flat to which she has the keys. She is the daughter of Nura, her one-time cleaning lady. Nura was imprisoned for carrying out female genital mutilation. She served her sentence and went back home. The white lady has never had an opportunity to speak to Nura, to tell her she did not inform on her and does not know how she came to be arrested.
The characters:
A : Adama, young black woman
B : The white woman
Creation:
Performed at the Théâtre Le Public (Brussels) on 9 September 2009, and directed by Guy Theunissen. Cast: Florence Crick and Babetida Sadjo ; Assistant director : Cachou Kirsch, ODEChair : Jolyon Yates ; Costumes : Raphaëlle Debattice ; Vidéo: Benoît Gillet ; Lighting : Laurent Kaye; Sound : Lucien Truddaïu, Production : Rémy Brans/Vincent Lemoine; Technical director : Maximilien Westerlinck.
French script:
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Kif-Kif (2008)
One night a father and son are talking to each other. The father has just been elected to high office, but his son did not vote for him. They engage in their customary verbal jousts. They play at showing disdain for each other, make camouflaged confessions, settle their scores or engage in pretence, hide their intentions sometimes and laugh, sometimes coarsely. The kif* that they are smoking for the first time together causes them to lower the tone and sharpens the blade of the flickknife that one of them has unwisely taken out of his pocket.
*Mixture of tobacco and Indian hemp.
The characters:
P : The father
F : The son
Creation:
Performed at the Théâtre des Martyrs (Brussels) on 22 April 2010 ; Director and scenographer : Christine Delmotte ; Cast : Christian Crahay and Cédric Eeckhout ; Lighting and scenery : Nathalie Borlée ; Costumes : Cathy Peraux : Music : Pascale Seys ; Sound and lighting production, : Philippe Fontaine; Administration and production : Gabrielle Dailly.
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L'eau du loup / The Wolf’s Water (2008)
An old house from the colonial period in a large Southern country. At the back of the property springs an age-old source from which the village draws its lifeblood. A woman and a white-haired man are speaking to each other. They appear to be poles apart: he is the managing director of one of the world's biggest water extraction companies; she is the owner of the house. There is a gulf between them … and has been since childhood.
The characters:
Her : she only looks her age when she looks at him in a certain way.
Him : he is about the same age and ages in a similar way to her when he looks at her.
Creation:
First performed at the Théâtre des Martyrs on 8 January 2008 under the direction of Christine Delmotte.
Cast:Jacqueline Bir and Pierre Laroche; director's assistant: Manu Happart; scenography and costumes : Catherine Somers; lighting: Nathalie Borlée; musical research: Pascale Seys; sound and lighting : Sébastien Guillaume; general assistant: Gabrielle Dailly.
French script:
Éditions Lansman
www.lansman.org
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Placebo (2006)
Dodo and Dédé have been married for sixty years. When they speak, they do so very slowly, punctuated by long silences. When they are not talking, they occupy themselves, breath heavily or doze. This evening Rose is coming to visit them.
The characters:
Dédé, Dodo, Rose.
French script:
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Le silence des mères /
The Mothers’ Silence (2006)
A mother and her daughter. They both have cancer. The mother does not know yet; she talks a lot. The daughter knows she has cancer, but says nothing. She dies first, without saying a word. The mother discovers the truth and says nothing, as did her daughter. Before dying, she meets her daughter's biological mother and learns how to listen to others.
The characters:
M : The mother
F : The daughter
B : The biological mother
Creation:
First performed at the Théâtre des Martyrs on 20 April 2006.
Director and scenographer: Christine Delmotte (Compagnie Biloxi 48); assistant director: Ana Rodriguez; lighting and scenography: Nathalie Borlée; costumes: Cathy Peraux; sound and lighting: Vincent Tadonnet; general assistant: Gabrielle Dailly. Cast: Suzy Falk, Nicole Valberg, Valérie Bauchau, Farida Boujraf.
Performed again in Brussels and on tour in June 2007.
Prix du Théâtre 2006.
French script:
Éditions Lansman
www.lansman.org
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Le sacrifice du martin pêcheur (2005)
A small island in the Indian Ocean. A mother has come to recover the body of her son who died in uncertain circumstances. Martin had been working for an NGO which was involved in the struggle for fishing rights on the island. In the village another mother has seen her son, Farouk, thrown into jail for loving Martin. At what price will they accept the destinies of their children?
The characters:
Marie, Martin's mother; Mata, Farouk's mother; Farouk, a fisherman.
French script:
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L'hiver de la cigale /
Pinocchio's tears (2004)
Winter 2002. Laura Welter has been placed in custody. She is accused of killing General Oscar Antonio Somadossi Roederer, a former ruling dictator in her country. The judicial authorities are preparing the case against her and, if found guilty, will need to establish a motive. The defence counsel, Maître Nathalie Franchi, is having a hard time gettng the defendant to cooperate. That is the price she has to pay for discovering the truth. A face-to-face encounter between two women who are risking their lives and who have chosen to use different means to achieve the same objective: the struggle for a better world.
The characters:
Laura Welter: 44 years old, Nathalie Franchi : 43 years old.
Creation:
Performed at the Théâtre Le Public (Brussels) on 9 September 2010 under the direction of Magali Pinglaut. Cast: Nathalie Cornet and Laurence Vielle ; Lighting : Maximilien Westerlinck ; Scenery and costumes:Anne Guilleray, ...
Translated into English by William Snow under the title « Pinocchio's Tears ». Read out at the Festival d’Avignon on 19 July 2004 at the Théâtre des Doms within the framework of the « Vent du Nord » RépliQ – SACD and at the Théâtre de l’Est Parisien on 21 November 2008.
Script in english:
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La résistante / The Resistant (2002)
A woman writes a play about which we know nothing apart from what we learn from the two characters who speak to her: a woman who is one of life’s fighters and a child soldier. The play deals with the issues of war, the violence that is prevalent in men, their propensity to harm each other, as if it were an irreversible illness. The two characters rebel against their author. They accuse her of cowardice because through her writing she gives legitimacy to the passivity of the audience which, like her, has given up any vague attempt at action as they sit comfortably in their seats. They tell her that the theatre cannot change the world; that to believe the opposite is the dream of intellectuals. They refuse to be puppets in an imaginary tragedy. They say that reality is far more horrible than any fiction and that for centuries now the theatre of tragedies has done nothing to inspire peace amongst men. She resists. She says that writing is her way of resisting barbarity. She does not say if it serves any purpose, nor to whom? She no longer knows if it is better to write than to do nothing. Sometimes nothing could get the better of her. But she resists. She is capable of nothing else. She writes.
The characters:
Nourit, the author, the child soldier.
Creation:
Performed at the rencontres théâtrales internationals in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in November 2004 and at the théâtre le Public (Brussels) in January 2006, directed by Guy Theunissen,. Cast:Zigoto Tchaya, Yaya Mbile, Catherine Salée and Maître Mamadou Aliou Barry. Assistant director, sound and lighting: Francis Beidi; stage and general management: Serge Fouha; stage scenery: Issa Lucien, Denis Sufo; costumes : Doudou Félicité.Prix à l’édition SACD-LANSMAN du Concours de l’Union des Artistes-2003; Prix du Théâtre 2006.
Read by the author at the Avignon Festival on 7 July 2002 within the framework of the «Mots d’auteur» initiative (SACD) devised by Vera Feyder.
French script:
Éditions Lansman
www.lansman.org
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N'être / Birth (2002)
The play and the characters:
In a world where babies walk around eyes open wide taking in exhaust fumes, where soon cloning will replace hugging, where barbarity has been destroying man since time memorial, we still beget children with an unshakeable hope which is searching for the meaning of life. « N’être » is the title of a show that comes to life before your very eyes each evening. There is nothing anyone can do about it - the theatre is a place where everything is created afresh each evening. Since we have been working on this show, Laurence has given birth to a Marilou, Nathalie a Zoé, Cécile a Lucas and Etienne a Morgane, and then a Maël… « N’être » talks about the key stages in life: birth and death. Birth thwarts death and death brings life to a close, one leads to the other, but which of the two signals a start and which an end? A legend explains the origin of the little groove that we all have above our upper lip: from the time he is in his mother’s stomach, a baby knows everything about the world and its secrets; when he is born, great is his desire to tell us everything, but as he opens his mouth an angel appears and places a finger over his lips: shush !* « N’être » is a bit of silence that is broken on a theatre stage, without an ounce of despair, but with a bit of everything else … you will see!
* in « Le bébé est une personne » by Bernard Martino (Éditions J’ai lu)
Creation:
First performed on 8 October 2002 at the Théâtre de la Balsamine (Bruxelles) under the direction of the author, inspired and performed by: Stéphane Auberghen, Nathalie Laroche, Cécile Leburton, David Quertigniez, Pietro Pizzuti, Etienne Van der Belen and Laurence Vielle. Music: Matthieu Ha, Lighting : Frédéric Vannes, Costumes : Véronique Leyens. Tour to Tournai.
French script:
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Alba Rosa / Alba Rose (1998)
The play portrays the personal upheaval of Anne, a young 26-year-old woman who decides to enter a convent. Her family and partner greet this decision with incomprehension and have great difficulty accepting her choice. The play follows Anne through this first-time experience. She learns to create the both fragile and improbable tie with the spiritual side that is in all of us. She is helped by other young women who, like her, are trying to respond to their « calling ».
The characters:
Anne : 26, Laurence: her sister, 27, Damien : her brother, 24, Martin : her lover, 28, Grégoire : her boyfriend 26, La Joie-Titane : her angel, the Woman who is going to Die : her mother, Odile : 23, Serena : 30.
Creation:
First performed on 16 February 1998 by the Compagnie de la Lune at the Centre Culturel de Charleroi "L'Éden" under the direction of Michael Delaunoy.
Cast: Laurence Vielle (Anne), Anne Beaupain (Laurence), Yannick Renier (Damien), Vincent Marganne (Martin), Patrick Simons (Grégoire), Marie Thys (Odile), Patricia Berti (Serena), Alain Eloy (La Joie-Titane), Stéphane Auberghen (The Woman who is going to Die).
I started to write "Alba Rosa" under the title "L'aimant" in July 1989, following a visit to the Abbaye de Senanque. On 30 October 1994 la Compagnie de la Lune commissioned me to write "Alba Rosa" and asked Michael Delaunoy to direct the play. I should like to express my deepest thanks to Sister Fabienne, Madeleine Galais and those who helped me to learn about the pain of death through my writing.
Tours : Brussels, Tournai ; Prix SACD 1998.
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Ce soir relâche /
No performance this evening (1987)
The play was written for the actor, Jacques Lippe, who was unable to perform it before his death on 21 September 1990. The play stars the genius lighting engineer Léopold Scoopens, who is a theatre lover. One night the three heroines of the tragedy, Clytemnestre, Bérénice and Iphigénie, pay him a visit on stage and perform a strange piece for him… (Delphine Martens, in « L’exil en littérature » dissertation, Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, ULB, 2006-2007)
French script:
Archives et Musées de la Littérature AML
Contact: Nicole Leclercq, nicole.leclercq@aml-cfwb.be
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Leonardo ou le souci de l'éphémère /
Leonardo or the problem of the ephemeral (1987)
In this play Leonardo da Vinci is brought face to face with a contemporary author who is writing his life story or inventing it. Historical personalities, as well as personalities the artist painted and loved, meet and confront each other on stage. Leonardo da Vinci is symbolic of the creative man; the play is an exploration of the doubts and conflicts triggered by any human work.
The characters:
Leonardo (aged around 60 ), the child (Leonardo aged around 7), the writer, Maestro Verrocchio, Francesco Melzi, Caterina, the old man, Jacopo, Monna Lisa del Giocondo-Bona di Savoia, Ludovico il Moro, Bianca Maria Visconti Sforza, Ascanio Sforza, Isabella Gonzaga, Cecilia Gallerani, Lucrezia Crivelli, Le Chevalier de San Severino, Josquin des Près, Michelangelo Buonarroti. And the extras at the Court of Milan: Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Isabella d’Aragona, Anna Sforza, Alfonso d’Este, Beatrice d’Este, Francesco Gonzaga, pages, dancers and musicians.
Creation:
First performed on 9 January 1987 by the the Rideau de Bruxelles, director Claude Etienne, at the Théâtre de l'Atelier St. Anne, rue des Tanneurs, 75, 1000 Bruxelles, director Philippe van Kessel, under the direction of Bernard De Coster.
Prix André Praga.
Cast by order of appearance on stage : Francis Besson (The writer, Maestro Verrocchio and Francesco Melzi), Francine Blistin (Caterina), Gregory Kevers or Yves Levano or Gabriel Salles (The child), Alain Legros (Jacopo), René Hainaux (Leonardo), Jacques Lippe (The old man), Janine Patrick (Monna Lisa del Giocondo and Bona di Savoia), Christian Maillet (Ludovico il Moro), Nicole Duret (Isabella Gonzaga), Layla Nabulsi (Cecilia Gallerani), Nathalie Rjewsky (Lucrezia Crivelli), Jean-Philippe Altenloh (Le Chevalier de San Severino), Philippe Dupont (Ascanio Sforza), Marie-Ange Dutheil (Bianca Maria Viisconti Sforza), Frédéric Hérion (Josquin des Près), Pierre Laroche (Michelangelo Buonarroti). Sound and lighting: Marcel Derwael. Director’s assistant: Madeleine Galais. Make-up : Jean-Pierre Finotto. Fresque : Alexandre Obolensky and Jean-Marc Hamblenne. Scenography and costumes: Nuño Côrte Real, created by « Décor » and the atelier de couture du Rideau de Bruxelles under the direction of Mila de Brito and chez Bermans and Nathans of Lodon. Sound and lighting assistant: Philippe Pauwels.
French script:
Éditions Cahiers du Rideau de Bruxelles
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Les ailes de la nuit /
The Wings of the Night (1985)
We are on a large boat out on the seas, or sitting out on a patio overlooking the Piazza Navona … what is certain is that throughout the action the night is descending and dawn is taking an age to arrive. There are four protagonists, two of whom are or were a couple. They meet, abandon each other, desire each other, ignore each other and remember … where they have come to to talk? To the source of the lie that is to love. Drawn by the approaching daylight, they will only survive by feeding off their short, unexpected silences.
The characters:
Yolande Durieux : in her forties, beautiful and falsely loose, Mario Conti : in his forties, with an Italian accent, Armide Polieuscu : 58, enigmatic and fascinating, Rumor Polieuscu : her husband, in his sixties, a thespian.
Creation:
The play was first performed on 23 April 1985 at the Théâtre de l'Esprit Frappeur (Bruxelles) under the direction of Bernard De Coster.
The cast by order of appearance, Stéphane Auberghen (Yolande Durieux), David Pontremoli (Mario Conti), Marie-Ange Dutheil (Armide Polieuscu) and Jacques Lippe (Rumor Polieuscu).
Scenography and costumes: Thierry Bosquet; Make-up: Jean-Pierre Finotto.
French script:
Éditions Groupe Aven
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Arlecchino senza maschera /
Harlequin unmasked (1984)
This is a solo play portraying a disoriented Harlequin who has lost his comic talent. In his distress he indulges in all sorts of jests before coming to the realisation that the freedom the author is offering him is a magnificent gift. (Delphine Martens, in « L’exil en littérature », dissertation, Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, ULB, 2006-2007)
French script:
Archives et Musées de la Littérature AML
Contact: Nicole Leclercq, nicole.leclercq@aml-cfwb.be
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Sans l'avis du peintre /
Without the artist’s opinion (1984)
The play centres on a painting by Caravaggio, Madonna of the Papal Grooms. The three people depicted in the painting -the mother, the child and the other person- come out of the painting to tell their story. The mother kills a snake with her bare foot in order to protect her son, with the third person looking on. The scene depicted in the painting is relived by the protagonists.
(Delphine Martens, in « L’exil en littérature », dissertation, Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, ULB, 2006-2007)
French script:
Archives et Musées de la Littérature AML
Contact: Nicole Leclercq, nicole.leclercq@aml-cfwb.be
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