Description
Ivanov brings us face-to-face with the thwarted destiny of a cultured and sensitive man, but deeply exhausted by life: a ruined landowner whose wife falls gravely ill.
Embroiled in an existence suffocated by gossip, hypocrisy and prejudice, the lucid Ivanov falls in love with Sasha, the daughter of an acquaintance. Torn between the imminent death of his wife and the exaltation of a budding love, his inability to act and his disenchantment lead him to a dead end.
Jean-François Sivadier takes on Anton Chekhov's Ivanov, a great classic of Russian theater, with all his characteristic rigor and freedom of tone. An adept of troupe theater, he brings together a dozen actors on stage - including his loyal followers Nicolas Bouchaud and Norah Krief. With humor and darkness, he reveals the subtleties of Chekhov's play, at the crossroads of drama and comedy.
Oscillating between melancholy and the quest for meaning, the play explores human dilemmas and intimate wounds. An exceptional cast, led by Nicolas Bouchaud, explore the paradoxes of characters more concerned with dreaming than realizing their potential.
With Nicolas Bouchaud, Yanis Bouferrache, Christian Esnay, Zakariya Gouram, Gulliver Hecq, Charlotte Issaly, Jisca Kalvanda, Norah Krief, Frédéric Noaille, Agnès Sourdillon
And Valérie de Champchesnel
