By Heart (Apprendre par cœur)
In By Heart, the Portuguese director and director of the Festival d'Avignon, tells us the story of his grandmother who, now blind, asks her grandson to choose a book for her to learn by heart. But what exactly does it mean to "learn a text by heart"? And how can we, along with the audience, stay as close as possible to this question, its urgency, its charge?
By inviting ten spectators onto the stage each evening to perform this gesture, Tiago Rodrigues is not content to blur the boundaries between theater, fiction and reality. He invites men and women - Shakespeare's "Sonnet Platoon 30" - to experience, for the duration of the performance, a singular experience: that of retaining a text and saying it on stage. An act of resistance and struggle against time, oblivion, aging, absence or disappearance. A moving gesture, as intimate as it is political.
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- Le Monfort | ParisMar 25 > Mar 28, 2025
- Théâtre de Grasse | GrasseFeb 28 > Mar 01, 2025
- Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne | LausanneFeb 10, 2025
- Théâtre Garonne | ToulouseSept 23 > Sept 24, 2023
- Festival d'Avignon | AvignonJul 25, 2023
- Nowy Teatr | VarsovieNov 18 > Nov 19, 2022
- Brooklyn Academy of Music | New YorkOct 05 > Oct 17, 2021
- Lafayette Anticipations | ParisSept 24 > Sept 25, 2021
- Teatro India | RomeApr 13 > Apr 18, 2021
- Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon | LyonApr 09 > Apr 11, 2021
- Le Théâtre dans les Vignes | CouffoulensNov 06, 2020
- Espaces Pluriels | PauNov 05, 2020
- Le Parvis | IbosNov 04, 2020
- Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg | LuxembourgOct 28 > Oct 30, 2020
- Théâtre de Liège | LiègeOct 20 > Oct 25, 2020
- Le Reflet - Théâtre de Vevey | VeveyOct 01 > Oct 02, 2020
- Festival d'Almada | AlmadaJul 04 > Jul 12, 2020
- ACERT | TondelaNov 15, 2019
- Dimitria Festival - Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης | ThessalonikiOct 17 > Oct 18, 2019
- Fabrique de théâtre | BastiaSept 26 > Sept 27, 2019
- FIDAE - Festival Internacional de Artes Escenicas | MontevideoAug 14 > Aug 15, 2019
- GREC Festival de Barcelona | BarceloneJul 14 > Jul 15, 2019
- Canadian Stage | TorontoMay 29 > Jun 02, 2019
- Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne | LausanneMay 14 > May 18, 2019
- May 03 > May 04, 2019
- Maison de la Culture d'Amiens | AmiensJan 16 > Jan 17, 2019
- Espace 1789 | Saint-OuenDec 05, 2018
- Centro Cultural de Guadalajara | GuadalajaraNov 29 > Nov 30, 2018
- L'Archipel | Fouesnant-les-GlénanOct 23 > Oct 24, 2018
- Le Panta-théâtre | CaenSept 24 > Sept 26, 2018
- Théâtre Les Tanneurs | BruxellesMar 28 > Mar 30, 2018
- Le Trident | Cherbourg-en-CotentinJan 09 > Jan 10, 2018
- TAP – Théâtre Auditorium de Poitiers | PoitiersOct 11 > Oct 12, 2017
- Jun 17, 2017
- POC - Pôle culturel d'Alfortville | AlfortvilleMay 14, 2017
- Forum de Meyrin | MeyrinMay 12 > May 13, 2017
- Onassis Stegi | AthènesDec 16 > Dec 18, 2016
- L'Aire Libre | Saint-Jacques-de-la-LandeNov 18 > Nov 19, 2016
- Short Theatre Festival | RomeSept 16 > Sept 17, 2016
- Frascati Producties | AmsterdamAug 29 > Aug 30, 2016
- Wiesbaden Biennale festival | WiesbadenAug 26 > Sept 03, 2016
- Weimar Kunstfest | WeimarAug 23 > Aug 24, 2016
- Teatro Nacional Dona Maria II | LisbonneJul 20 > Jul 23, 2016
- La Comédie de Valence | ValenceMay 26, 2016
- CDN de Normandie - Rouen | RouenJan 16 > Jan 17, 2016
- TPR - Théâtre Populaire Romand | La Chaux-de-FondsOct 30 > Oct 31, 2015
- Festival Contre-Courant | AvignonJul 12 > Jul 16, 2015
- Festival Theaterformen | HanovreJul 05 > Jul 07, 2015
- Belluard Bollwerk International | FribourgJul 02, 2015
- Le Printemps des Comédiens | MontpellierJun 27 > Jun 28, 2015
- HAU - Hebbel am Ufer | BerlinJun 16 > Jun 17, 2015
- Festival TransAmériques | MontréalMay 29 > May 31, 2015
- May 25 > May 27, 2015