La langue de Molière: Reza’s Art

A selection of Art, the award-winning contemporary comedy classic about art and friendship, read in French - la langue de Molière. Lend your ears to the words of leading French playwright Yasmina Reza as first written and spoken in her native language, in a collaboration with Alliance Française Canberra and the ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics.

With a talent for stripping pretence from human relations, Yasmina Reza paints her own canvas, penning Art to portray the fragile nature of art and friendship. Setting her play in Paris, Art revolves around three long-time friends, their different tastes and disagreements on the questionable purchase of an expensive and completely white painting that places their friendship in jeopardy.

The pre-show event is perfect for Francophiles and those interested in the adaptation of works from French through artful translations designed to preserve the playwright’s meaning and intent and capture elusive, often cultural aspects, such as character, allegory and humour.

With excerpts read by Stéphanie Pouliquin, Louise Roudiere, Emmanuelle Dunn Lewis and Sophie Holloway.

A free pre-show event. But RSVPs are essential at rsvp@thestreet.org.au.