"Lady Macbeth's factory" Monica ESPINA-Festival Labomatics


LADY MACBETH'S FACTORY
de Monica Espina

This project is born from the interest Lady Macbeth has always aroused in me. Starting from quite trivial and stereotyped ideas on the subject and having gone through various different stages, my knowledge of and opinions on the subject have deepened. In this way, my views of Lady Macbeth have been enriched and have changed to a more human understanding of this woman who now seems to me to be extraordinarily complex. This approach is a sort of "road-theatre-installation", a path towards the natural and the supernatural aspects of a character, a journey towards the fascination that she has held for the spectator for so many centuries. (With: Julia Innocenti (London) end Cécile Saint-Paul (Paris)- Sound: Juliette Galamez- Director : Monica Espina)- Production:Théâtre des Bernardines/Marseille-La Rose des Vents- Scène Nationale de Villeneuve d'Ascq- Festival Labomatics- Alliance Française de Glasgow- Avril 2009)










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The Documentary Video included in Lady Macbeth's performance
During rehearsals at BAC (Battersea Arts Center) in London, we asked some people at the center's coffee-shop to answer to this question : "When I tell you "Lady Macbeth", what is your first feeling about this character ?" . Then we did the same experience at the Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille, during our residence at the Scène Nationale de Villeneuve-d'Ascq. This video is a selection of all these interesting and sometimes funny thoughts about women and men relationships, passion, power, ambition and cultural differences between French and English people.
Pendant nos répétitions au BAC à Londres, nous avons demandé à quelques personnes à la caféteria, de répondre à cette question: "Quand je vous dit "Lady Macbeth", quelle est votre première impression sur ce personnage?" Plus tard nous avons fait la même expérience à la gare saint-Sauveur de Lille, lors de notre résidence à la Scène Nationale de Vimmeneuve d'Ascq. Cette vidéo est une séléction de tous ces pensées, intéressantes et parfois drôles, sur les relations femmes/hommes, la passion, le pouvoir, l'ambition et les différences culturelles entre les Français et les Anglais.


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