Correspondence and decline at the Théâtre Antoine

Since January 22nd, Unknown at this address (adapted from Kressman Taylor's novel of the same name) returns to this Xe arrondissement establishment under the direction of Jérémie Lipmann and starring Stéphane Guillon and Pascal Elbé. The result is exhilarating.

From the plush red velvet of the seats, we observe the disintegration of a friendship, and that of the human being. It's at the back of the theater that we feel a restless tension building. Two German friends, one Jewish, the other not, write to each other after one of them returns to the United States. As the letters progress, the tone dries up and apprehension thickens. Fascist ideology seeps in, horror arrives and the ink becomes tinted. Until their relationship falters.

The staging is intimate, focused on words and breaths. Stéphane Guillon and Pascal Elbé don't just play off each other, they take it in turns to perform a pared-down, gripping solo with an electrifying atmosphere. Despite some crude lighting effects.

Write to the author: quentin.perissinotto@leregardlibre.com

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Jérémie Lipmann
Unknown at this address
With Pascal Elbé and Stéphane Guillon
Théâtre Antoine
Until February 16, 2025
70 minutes