Vernon Subutex 1+2+3

Vernon Subutex 1, presented October 3 and 4 at Le Diamant, reveals a contemporary society of isolated, vulnerable humans and the vultures that have their eyes on them. It’s a society lacking nothing and everything and that no longer seems to have the choice between its destruction and its redemption. Parts 2 and 3 describe—with the same corrosive rancour—the development of a community around the central character, Vernon Subutex, who has become itinerant. Published in 2017, the last part was profoundly influenced by the 2015 Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan attacks in France. Literally explosive and post-apocalyptic, the novel ends in the near future of 2186. By then, the “Subutex” movement has become a sect that seeks, through transcendental music inspired by Alex Bleach, a communion between beings that goes beyond differences and identity-based issues.

Details

The play is 7 hours long, including one intermission and a break.

• Part 1: 1 h 50 | 15 min. intermission | 1 h 10
• 60-minute break
• Parts 2 + 3: 2 h 30 with no intermission

About Angela Konrad

An artist presented many times at Usine C and founder of the company LA FABRIK, Angela Konrad skillfully tackles strong classic and contemporary texts with an activist bent in order to highlight their relevancy and their often controversial qualities. After her adaptations of Chekhov, Shakespeare and Rodrigo Garcia and her investigations of transhumanism and anti-capitalism, she has now taken on French author Virginie Despentes’s cult book Vernon Subutex by adapting it into a theatrical trilogy.

About Virginie Despentes

A socially engaged French writer with an uncontrollable style, Virginie Despentes is the author of works including Baise-moi (1993, adapted to film and co-directed with Coralie Trinh Thi), Pretty Things (1998), Teen Spirit (2002), Bye Bye Blondie (2004, adapted to film by the author), King Kong Theory (2006), and Apocalypse Baby (2010, Prix Renaudot).