Théâtre : Black Label

David Bobée, JoeyStarr

Based on the poetic work Black-Label, written in 1956 by Léon-Gontran Damas, actor and rapper JoeyStarr and stage director David Bobée take on some of the greatest works of anti-racist poetry, accompanied by jazz musician and singer Sélène Saint-Aimé and singer and dancer Nicolas Moumbounou. Alongside them, deaf artist Jules Turlet, chansigneur, will translate into sign language this journey through literature, history and the world via the African diasporas, from Afrodescendant writings to today?s "Black Live Matters". JoeyStarr, the multi-faceted artistic chameleon and fascinating media object, needs no introduction. With director David Bobée - director of the Théâtre du Nord, who staged Dom Juan last year - they take on the greatest writings of anti-racist poetry in a hard-hitting play, a poetic and literary fresco.

David Bobée

With texts by Elemawusi Agbedjidji, James Baldwin, Gérald Bloncourt, Aimé Césaire, Léon-Gontran Damas, Julien Delmaire, Souleymane Diamanka, David Diop, Éva Doumbia, Langston Hughes, George Jackson, JoeyStarr, Sundjata Keita, Kiyémis, Lisette Lombé, Marc-Alexandre Oho Bambe, Roger Robinson, Sonny Rupaire, Tracy K. Smith, Assa Traoré, Lyonel Trouillot, Malcom X

With
JoeyStarr
Nicolas Moumbounou
Sélène Saint-Aimé
Jules Turlet

Literary consultant Didier Boudet
Set design David Bobée and Léa Jézéquel
Set design Les ateliers du Théâtre du Nord
Lighting Stéphane Babi Aubert
Sound Jean-Noël Françoise
Video Wojtek Doroszuk
Costumes Mayuko Bobée
Assistant directors Sophie Colleu and Jean Serge Salh
Acknowledgements Renarde Ailée and Éva Doumbia


Production
Production Théâtre du Nord, CDN Lille Tourcoing Hauts-de-France
Coproduction Equinoxe, Scène Nationale de Châteauroux; Les Nuits de Fourvière? Festival international de la Métropole de Lyon
With accessibility support from Fondation Handicap, Malakoff Humanis
With the support of VIA Agence d?Interprétation LSF.

AGES 15 AND UP
SHOW DESCRIBED IN LSF