Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis de Joël Pommerat

The French Revolution through the prism of the anonymous, those who took part, in their own way, in History.

Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis is a contemporary political drama inspired by the French Revolution. Capturing this historical foundation of our society, Joël Pommerat describes the rise and development of democracy almost day by day. He tells the story of the French Revolution through the prism of the anonymous, those who took part, in their own way, in this great page of history. These democratic issues are still troublingly relevant today.

The play is performed here by a young company of students from ATEAsup, the theatre training course run by the Atelier théâtre de l'École alsacienne (Paris). The nineteen young performers embody fifty-four characters, those who were nothing and yet made up the multitude that populated the streets and benches of what was to become the National Assembly.

In the simple set design by Lou Hacquet-Delepine, the stage direction by Lucas Hérault and Alexis Roque puts acting at the heart of the show, giving us a glimpse of the intimate, public and political relationships that inhabited this past, which is our present.