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Kingdom

KINGDOM is the story of two families who removed themselves from the modern world to live in harmony with nature. But after a few years of living in an environment that is as hostile as it is wonderful, suspicions and resentments start to flare up. The way the land is divided is suddenly deemed unfair and it appears that fate is against one of the two families. The customs of one and practices of the other jeopardise the already very delicate balance in this new society…

Then one day, a fence is erected between the two families. War is declared.
A few metres from the battlefield, the children watch their disappearing world.

Under the gaze of a film-maker, the tragedy is told…

KINGDOM is an epic fable about the division of land, original sin, a story never written, a return to life in the wild, widgeons, eyes turned to the river, wars between families, helicopters, poachers, fires…

Tour 2021/2022
6 Jul – 14 Jul 2021
Festival d'Avignon
Fr
24 Sep – 1 Oct 2021
Le Théâtre de Liège
Be
7 Oct – 14 Oct 2021
Théatre National de la Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles
Be
19 Oct – 22 Oct 2021
Le Théâtre du Nord, Lille
Lille
Fr
27 Oct – 28 Oct 2021
Maison de la Culture de Tournai, maison de création
maison de creation
Be
9 Nov – 12 Nov 2021
Le Quai - CDN d'Angers
Fr
18 Nov – 19 Nov 2021
Théâtre de Lorient
Fr
20 Jan – 22 Jan 2022
Théâtre de Namur
Be
28 Jan – 29 Jan 2022
Théâtre de la ville de Luxembourg
Lux
9 Mar – 10 Mar 2022
Le Volcan, Scène nationale du Havre
Fr
30 Mar – 3 Apr 2022
Les Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon
Fr
9 Apr – 10 Apr 2022
FIND 2022, Schaubühne, Berlin
Berlin
De
29 Apr – 30 Apr 2022
Le Tangram Scène nationale, Évreux
Evreux
Fr
Tour 2022/2023
18 Jan – 19 Jan 2023
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi
Be
28 Jan – 19 Feb 2023
L'Odéon, Théâtre de l'Europe
Fr
2 Mar – 3 Mar 2023
Teatros del Canal
Es
31 Mar – 1 Apr 2023
Teatre Lliure
Es
13 May – 16 May 2023
Wiener Festwochen
At
18 Jun – 19 Jun 2023
Campania Teatro Festival
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Written and directed by

Anne-Cécile Vandalem

Freely inspired by

Braguino by Clément Cogitore

With

Philippe Grand'Henry
Laurent Caron
Zoé Kovacs
Élena Guillaume
Vania Botman
Film Production Team Federico D'Ambrosio et Leonor Malamatenios

The children

Anja Juliette Goossens/Ida Mühleck
Nastassja Léa Swaeles/Léonie Chaidron
Daryna Melnyk/Eulalie Poucet
Michka Isaac Mathot/Noa Staes

The dogs

Ice, Oméga and Olrùn

Stage design

Ruimtevaarders

Composition

Vincent Cahay et Pierre Kissling

Director of photography and framing

Federico D'Ambrosio

Dramaturgy

Sarah Seignobosc

Lighting design

Amélie Géhin

Video design

Frédéric Nicaise

Sound design

Antoine Bourgain

Costume design

Laurence Hermant

Make-up design

Sophie Carlier

Assistant director

Pauline Ringeade and Mahlia Theismann

Technical director

Damien Arrii

Props

Philippe Vasseur

Children's coaches

Lara Ceulemans, Julia Huet Alberola and Camille Léonard

Camera operator

Leonor Malamatenios

Animal trainer

Victorine Reinewald

Children's caretakers

Anne Lahousse, Fabien Castan

Script consultant

Bruno Tracq

Light

Hadrien Jeangette

Stage management

Baptiste Wattier

Costumes

Samira Benali

Children's casting director

Kadija Leclere

Production trainee

Elsa Rauchs et Alexis Mullard

Costume trainee

Tatiana Strobbe

Camera trainee

Mounir Benchara

Trainee assistant technical director

Antoine Fiori

Subtitles

Erik Borgman

Press relations

Dorothée Duplan, Camille Pierrepont, Fiona Defolny, Louise Dubreuil

Administration

Lila Pérès

Production

Daria Bubalo

Tour management communication

Jill De Muelenaere

Head of production, administration and sales

Audrey Brooking et Eva Wilsens

Coproductions

Théâtre de Liège [BE], Festival d’Avignon [FR], Théâtre National de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles [BE], Odéon – Théâtre de l’Europe [FR], Volcan – scène nationale du Havre [FR], Théâtre du Nord [FR], Théâtre de Lorient [FR], Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg [LU], Théâtre de Namur [BE], Le Quai – DN d’Angers [FR], Les Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon [FR], Maison de la culture de Tournai – maison de création [BE], La Coop asbl & Shelter Prod [BE].

Set construction

Ateliers du Théâtre de Liège [BE] et Ateliers du Théâtre National [BE]

Costumes manufacturing

Ateliers du Théâtre National de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles [BE]

Support

Taxshelter.be, ING, tax-shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – service théâtre, Loterie nationale

Thanks to

L’usine [BE], Compagnie Point Zéro [BE], Projection Room [BE]

Press Kingdom 21-22
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