House tells the story of a West Jerusalem House during a quarter of a century through the stories of its successive inhabitants, Arabs and Jews, Palestinians and Israelis. From his documentary trilogy – The House (1980), A house in Jerusalem (1997), News from Home News from House (2005) – Amos Gitaï is back to theatre by summoning these human destinies in a theatre creation that goes up the course time. On the stage theatre, the history of this House becomes a metaphor and an artistic dialogue between actors and musicians from all over the Middle East, with different languages, origins and musical traditions, willing to try to express together the memory of the past and the possibility of reconciliation.
Credits
Written and directed by: Amos Gitaï
starring: Bahira Ablassi, Dima Bawab, Benna Flinn, Irène Jacob, Alexey Kochetkov, Micha Lescot, Pini Mittelman, Kioomars Musayyebi, Menashe Noy, Minas Qarawany, Atallah Tannous, Richard Wilberforce
stage assistant: Talia de Vries
text adaptation: Marie-José Sanselme, Rivka Gitaï
scenography: Amos Gitaï assistant Philippine Ordinaire
costumes: Marie La Rocca assistant Isabelle Flosi
lighting: Jean Kalman
sound: Éric Neveux
musical direction: Richard Wilberforce
video collaboration: Laurent Truchot
make-up and hair: Cécile Kretschmar
preparation and direction of subtitles: Katharina Bader
scene construction at: atelier de La Colline – théâtre national
Production Credits
production: La Colline – Théâtre National (Paris)
