Performance

An English actor and a French actress find themselves in a rehearsal room with Molière’s work. As they start rehearsing his greatest scenes (Tartuffe, Don Juan, Les Femmes savantes...) they discover he has a lot to say about the way we feel. This is an encounter with Molière. With ourselves. This is the latest production by the team that created the hit play Ionesco/Dinner at the SmithsMarianne Badrichani and Edith Vernes - and features Anglo-French actor Philippe Spall (Downton Abbey) in his first French theatre piece in England. A play for the whole family, from 12+

Theatrical Performance by Marianne Badrichani
With Edith Vernes, Philippe Spall and Marianne Badrichani

In French with English surtitles

As part of Molière’s 400th anniversary celebrations.

The performance will be followed by a talk with Clare Finburgh Delijani at 7pm
 
See also:



6pm Ciné Lumière
£25, £12 (including talk Sidi Molière)


Learn more about
Marianne Badrichani Edith Vernes Philippe Spall

© Marie Huguenin

Talk & Readings

Best selling author with her teenage debut novel Just Like Tomorrow (Kiffe kiffe demain), Faïza Guène has quickly become an outspoken French-Algerian voice. She will talk about her latest novel Discretion with her translator, Sarah Ardizzone. Seeking to “fix the offence of forgetting”, Faïza Guène will address the hardships of motherhood in the context of immigration.

As part of Voices of Algeria
 
Replay the talk:

 
See also:



Related / Latest Publication:
Faïza Guène, Discretion translated by Sarah Ardizzone (Saqi Books, 2022)
6.30pm La Médiathèque
£9, £7


Learn more about
Faïza Guène Sarah Ardizzone

© Ulf Andersen / © EBRD

Talk & Readings

Join award-winning Mauritian-French author Nathacha Appanah in conversation with the journalist and director of the European Literature Network Rosie Goldsmith. Marking the translation of her latest novel The Sky Above the Roof, the writer will share her thoughts on her poetic approach to relationships and the narratives of displacement, separation and rebuilding.

Live reading by Olivia Ross

This event has been cancelled. Apologies for the inconvenience caused.



Related / Latest Publication:
Nathacha Appanah, The Sky Above the Roof, translated by Geoffrey Strachan (Quercus Publishing, 2022)
6pm Les Salons
£9, £7

Learn more about
Nathacha Appanah Rosie Goldsmith Olivia Ross