A Vida Secreta dos Velhos

Mohamed El Khatib

21:30 Main Room

12€ / Cartão Quadrilátero 6€ M/16

With the question “Is the end of life the end of love?” as its starting point, Theatro Circo hosts a sensitive show by Mohamed El Khatib, who invites us to meet our elders to talk about love stories.

The play confronts ageing, social perceptions and the worn-out body, but celebrates the persistence of love and, surprisingly, desire. In a reinvented sexuality, free from pressure, we find our own rhythm, a fragile but intensely real intimacy. Mohamed El Khatib, an author and director renowned for his intimate and social epics at the crossroads of performance, literature and cinema, weaves this narrative based on encounters and interviews with elderly people from all walks of life. The result is a multifaceted portrait of love in old age: nostalgic, but above all, an inspiring promise that desire can nestle in the fragility of life until the very last moment.

Concept and direction Mohamed El Khatib
With, alternately and according to their longevity Annie Boisdenghien, Micheline Boussaingault, Mariecke de Bussac, Chille Deman, Martine Devries, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Yasmine Hadj Ali, Nicole Jourfier, Salimata Kamaté, Etienne Kretzschmar, Jacqueline Juin, Annette Sadoul, Jean Paul Sidolle
Dramaturgy and artistic coordination Camille Nauffray
Production Zirlib
Set design and artistic collaboration Fred Hocké
Video Emmanuel Manzano
Sound Arnaud Léger
Production management Gil Paon
Stage management Jonathan Douchet
Tour stage management Madeleine Campa, Pierre Carré, Cléo Debernardi, Jonathan Douchet and Arnaud Léger
Tour artistic coordination Vassia Chavaroche, Mathilde Chadeau and Julien Lewkowicz

Administration Lucile Macé assisted by Rosalie Duroux
Production management Naïs Aumage
Co-production Festival d’Automne à Paris, Points communs – Nouvelle scène nationale Cergy-Pontoise-Val d’Oise, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, La Comédie de Genève, Théâtre National de Bordeaux en Aquitaine, Théâtre National de Bretagne (Rennes), Tandem Scène Nationale d’Arras-Douai, MC2: Grenoble Scène Nationale, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand Scène Nationale, Théâtre Garonne Scène Européenne (Toulouse), Festival d’Avignon, Théâtre du Bois de l’Aune (Aix-en-Provence), Équinoxe National Theatre of Châteauroux, Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse (Lyon), La Coursive National Theatre of La Rochelle, Espace 1789 – Saint-Ouen, Théâtre de Saint-Quentin en Yvelines National Theatre and Le Channel – National Theatre of Calais.
Support for residency Le Mucem – Marseille and CIRCA La Chartreuse.