Juste la fin du monde

Juste la fin du monde, the most widely read, studied and performed play by Jean-Luc Lagarce, constructed in two acts (punctuated by a short interlude), opens with the return to the family of the prodigal son, Louis, after an indeterminate but long time, too long for "everything to go well" as everyone would like. Louis comes to announce - to his mother, to his brother Antoine and his wife Catherine, to his sister Suzanne - his impending death.

Here we are at the heart of a complex, touching, exhilarating family fresco, a little Chekhovian, very common at heart, with its universal, timeless arcana, here sublimated by a chiseled, attentive, sensitive text: love ill-given and ill-received, communication difficulties, jealousies, frustrations, disappointments, illusions, stories we invent to cling a little longer to those we love without knowing how to tell. Our idea is to embody realistic acting and to break away from the usual audience-stage relationship by offering greater proximity to the actors and different possible points of view on the same stage. This intimacy of space obviously allows for better reception of the intimacy of the words, situations and characters involved.