We are at the beginning of an enquiry. Evidence has been gathered : pieces of jewelry, a medical cabinet, dolls, witness accounts. Different clues into the mystery of Emma. As if everyone involved, in the aftermath of the tragedy, was trying obsessively to give voice to what had gone unsaid. Elle brûle (Emma’s Burning) is about falling into debt, lies and self-deception. In reality, Elle brûle is based on true events, reported in the news, and a famous novel itself based on a news item.
Elle brûle (Emma’s Burning) is the second part of a cycle dedicated to Madame Bovary. The first episode, Le bal d’Emma premiered on 2 June 2012 during the Ambivalence(s) Festival organised by the Comédie de Valence Theatre.
Direction Caroline Guiela Nguyen
WritingMariette Navarro
Scenography Alice Duchange
Costumes Benjamin Moreau
Sound Antoine Richard
Light Jérémie Papin
Video Jérémie Scheidler
Artistic collaboration Claire Calvi
Dramaturgy trainee Manon Worms
With Boutaïna El-Fekkak, Margaux Fabre, Alexandre Michel, Ruth Nüesch, Jean Claude Oudoul, Pierric Plathier
Elle brûle is an executive production of La Comédie de Valence
Centre National Dramatique Drôme Ardèche coproduced by
Les Hommes Approximatifs.
Elle brûle ((Emma’s Burning) premiered in 2013 at the Comédie de Valence Theatre, and subsequently played at La Colline, one of France’s leading public theatres in Paris, at the Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne and the Comédie de Saint-Étienne Theatre. It toured throughout the 2014-2015 theatre season and was performed close to one hundred times
In 2015, Caroline Guiela Nguyen was nominated for a Molière during a prestigious French theatre award ceremony in the category of Best Director of a Public Theatre Show. .