Passion simple: An intimate tale of waiting

Three theatrical stars sparkle in a rare alignment: a brilliant director, a radiant actress and the Sun herself, Annie Ernaux, the masterful chronicler of anonymous others. Using her pen as a scalpel, she dissects a heart consumed by passion: her own.

Many of us have read and reread the work of literature Nobel prize winner Ernaux, but how many of us have ever heard it performed on stage? Unyielding theatrical mastermind Brigitte Haentjens has invited the stellar Julie Le Breton to channel the voice of this unique French author. On stage, a woman waits hours, day, weeks by the phone. She is expecting a call from her Lover, a married foreign diplomat. Between the ecstasy of ephemeral lovemaking and the despair of absence, she observes her own fall from grace with stunning lucidity. The language is sharp and cutting, with occasional delicate sprinkles of humour.

To experience this intimate, autobiographical tale with sensitivity, the audience must suspend all moral judgment and accept that they will see the author of Se perdre launch herself, body and soul, into the maw of two impetuous monsters: loving and writing.