SKRIK | Elisabeth Woronoff

A dive into the traumatic memory of a child rape survivor. She is facing her past in order to rewrite her future.

SKRIK sheds light on a major issue: incest.
SKRIK brings this issue into the public eye.
SKRIK is an act of resilience designed to encourage change.
INCEST is a real public health issue.
INCEST has yet to be tackled head on by politicians and the justice system.
INCEST is complex and so shocking that part of society is still in denial.

“Skrik” is the original Norwegian title of The Scream, Edvard Munch’s famous painting. In this sound - Skrik - as in the painter’s work itself, there is something distorted, chilling, like the crack of a bone. More than a sound, it is a shattering, close to the porcelain breaking. A fractured resonance that fits perfectly with Elisabeth Woronoff’s play Skrik, 60 minutes of an intensely sensory experience (visual but also sonic and atmospheric) that immerses you in the mind of a woman who has lived through incest, as she regains her memory and tries to rebuild her identity.
SURVIVAL AND RESILIENCE. Through song, theatre, and visual arts, Skrik opens a singular, erratic, and powerful window onto incest - its mechanisms of dissociation and oblivion, and the difficult path toward its recognition by justice.
Catherine Makereel, Le Soir 9.02.2022

A Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles production, 2021-24

Between fiction and documentary, SKRIK transposes to the stage the sudden, searing flash of fragmented memories resurfacing. The piece delves into the complex reality of incestuous rape and its aftermath. Performed by six interpreters, it offers the audience a powerful experience: entering the mind of a woman, a survivor who is regaining her memory and rebuilding her identity.

Language: French and English
Subtitles: English and French

SKRIK Show

A creation by Théâtre National & ARTEOS asbl

Direction and Performance
Elisabeth Woronoff

With
Eugénie Bernachon
Andrea Norvik Jervell
Henrik Roshauw Tidemann (alternating with Tom Clegg)
Bernard Woronoff
Matis Stecher Rasmussen (alternating with Oscar Pecher)

Sound Design, Musical Composition & Assistant Director
Maxime Glaude

Musical Composition
Franck Vigroux

Set and Lighting Design
Enrico Bagnoli

Sound Manager
Sébastien Courtoy

Lighting Manager
Michel Delvigne

Technical Director
Cédric Otte

Stage Manager
Dimitri Wouters

Movement Assistant
Tom Clegg

Acting and Movement Coach
Christian Burgess

Vocal Coaches
Alice Foccroulle, Laura Telly Cambier

Assistant Director (Intern)
Pauline Bernard

Voice-over
Vincent Hennebicq

Surtitles Support
Panthea

Contributors to the work-in-progress creation at Festival de Liège / Factory 2019
Rémi Faure (Assistant Director)
Julie Goldsteinas (Writing Assistant)
Demian Vitanza (Dramaturgy Consultant)

Creation
Studio Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

Production
Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles and ARTEOS asbl

2024 Coproduction
Biennale of Women In Art

With the support of
City of Brussels
Les Brigittines

2022 Coproduction
With support for multilingual diversity from Théâtre de Choisy-le-Roi – Nationally Recognized Stage for Art and Creation for Linguistic Diversity, in collaboration with Panthea, L’Ancre – Théâtre Royal, and ARTEOS

Project originating from
Solo Carte Blanche, ESACT

With the support of
Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – General Service for Artistic Creation, Theatre Department

And with the support of
Festival de Liège, La Chaufferie Acte 1, France Morin Artist Project Iles, Les Midis de la Poésie, La Bellone, Compagnie Mossoux-Bonté, Taxshelter.be, ING, and the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government

Special thanks to
Françoise Bloch, Fabienne Goubille, Fabrice Murgia, Julien Sigard

SKRIK INSTALLATION VENICE

TOGETTHERE WITH A WOMAN

Curators Marika Parsadanelli Wardell X Women in Art Brussels

SKRIK INSTALLATION BRUSSELS

Artistic Direction
Elisabeth Woronoff

Production
ARTEOS asbl

With the support of
Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Un Futur pour la Culture and the City of Brussels

Bust

Material: metal
Dimensions: 2.32 m x 0.80 m
Base surface: 1.18 m x 0.43 m
With the participation of: Julie Goldsteinas and Precy Numbi
Construction: François Prod’Homme

Dresses and Scrolls

Materials: fabric, metal
With the participation of: Claire Rennotte, CRU atelier, Julia Montier

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