Le quatrième mur is the invisible wall separating the stage from the audience and reality from fiction. It is also the title of a novel by Sorj Chalandon, which tells the story of a young French woman’s attempt to stage a production of Anouilh’s Antigone in 1974 at Bayreuth. Julien Bouffier uses this narrative to explore again the position held by politics and history between a piece of theatre and its documentary origins.

From the novel by: Sorj Chalandon (Éditions Grasset) • Adaptation & director: Julien Bouffier. Scenography: Emmanuelle Debeusscher, Julien Bouffier • Video design: Laurent Rojol • With: Diamand Abou Abboud, Nina Bouffier, Alex Jacob, Vanessa Liautey • On-screen: Raymond Hosni, Yara Bou Nassar, Joyce Abou Jaoude, Mhamad Hjeij, Elie Youssef, Joseph Zeitouny • Voice: Stéphane Schoukroun • Music: Alex Jacob • Light design: Christophe Mazet • Work on the body: Léonardo Montecchia • Sound operator: Eric Guennou • Stage Manage: Christophe Mazet • Stage Hand: Louis Guerry • Administration-production: Nathalie Carcenac • Tour: Claire Fournié •  Production: Compagnie Adesso e Sempre