From 22nd of October to 8th of November in Lausanne, Théâtre Vidy and partners propose a wide range of events around the Simon McBurney solo show Questions for John, a Complicité production.
Actor and director, Simon McBurney was a close friend of John Berger. He founded the renowned maverick theatre company Complicité, with which they created in 1995 The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol adapted from John Berger’s short story present in the trilogy Into Their Labours. Simon McBurney and John Berger then collaborated on Vertical Line (1999), Mnemonic (2001) and Vanishing Point (2005), in addition to regularly exchanging about their projects.
After Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), Simon McBurney comes back on stage with this solo Questions for John. It holds the echoes of that relationship while asking the most urgent questions about how, or if, we can respond to the events of our time.
What has become of the bonds that unite us?
Why do we destroy what we love?
And what can art do today?
Except at the Cinémathèque, all the events take place in Théâtre Vidy :
From 1st of September to 21st of November – Photo Élysée presents the exhibition “Regarder-Écrire” about Jean Mohr photograph and John Berger in Vidy’s foyer. More info
22nd of October – Cinémathèque Suisse – Projection with Jacob Berger of Le Milieu du Monde, a film by Alain Tanner and John Berger. More Info
31st of October – 17h Projection with the director Cordelia Dvorak of her documentary John Berger ou la mémoire du regard. More info
18h30 Podcast diffusion with the radio producer Clara Alloing, the comedian Alma Palacios and the publisher Alain Berset, to collectively listen to their radio documentary Premières saisons (partie 1) about John Berger’s life in Quincy (French Alps). More info
31st of October to 8th of November – Simon McBurney (Complicité) solo show Questions for John. More info
1st and 4th of November – After Questions for John show, meeting with Complicité artistic team.
1st of November – Projection of cinema captation by Mike Dibb of the play The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol by Simon McBurney and John Berger. More info
4th of November – Talk with Stéfanie Prezioso about “rebellion of representations” in John Berger’s work. More info
5th of November – Collective reading by Julie Enckel, Stephanie Prezioso and Joel Vacheron of To Tell A Story by Susan Sontag and John Berger. More info
6th of November – Reading by Valerio Scamuffa of And Our Faces… by John Berger. More info
7th of November – Podcast diffusion of Survivre aux murs by Alexandre Plank and Djaïsan Taouss, “Making Waves” podcast series. More info
