Encyclopédie de la parole

Parlement is a solo piece for an actress composed using the Encyclopédie de la parole’s collection of recordings. These recordings led to a particular form of theater writing that did not imply editing and composing texts, but rather sounds. By sending a hundred or so voices through a single body—that of Emmanuelle Lafon—Parlement produces a poetic and transformative discourse marked by the diversity of human speech. Created in 2009, Parlement is the first performance of Encyclopédie de la parole.

Conception Encyclopédie de la parole

Composition and direction Joris Lacoste

Collaboration Frédéric Danos et Grégory Castéra

Cast Emmanuelle Lafon

Sound design Kerwin Rolland et Andrea Agostini

Sound and tour manager Stephane Leclerq

Production and administration during the creation Marc Pérennès

Administration Edwige Dousset

Tours : Garance Crouillère

Production Échelle 1:1 (company subsidized by the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication / DRAC Île-de-France, by the Conseil régional d'Île-de-France)

Co-production Fondation Cartier et Parc de La Villette (the first version of Parlement has been produced by les Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers en janvier 2009).

Thanks to TNT de Bordeaux et Performing Arts Forum.

Creation Soirées Nomades, Fondation Cartier, June 6th, 2009

Photo credit Huma Rosentalski

Length 1h

Administration, production & distribution Edwige Dousset - +33 (0)6 13 43 11 29  - administration@echelle1-1.org