Stabat Mater Furiosa

Presented by Le Théâtre de l'épée de bois

Faced with horror, a woman stands tall, refusing tears and submission. Alone against the world's clamour and men's destructive madness, she accuses. Her words become a sharp, visceral weapon; a sacred blasphemy that wrenches peace from the silence of graves. Written in 1999 by poet and playwright Jean-Pierre Siméon, Stabat Mater Furiosa is a dramatic poem of rare power, a theatrical monologue that stands as one of the most violent and beautiful indictments against war in contemporary literature. Where the traditional myth imposes the figure of a passive woman, crushed by pain, Jean-Pierre Siméon makes a radical change: his mater is not sorrowful, she is furious. Alone, against the invisible din of a nameless and timeless war, a woman stands tall. Around her, the destructive madness of men. Before her, “the man of war“, that universal figure who destroys, rapes, and plunders in the name of abstract ideologies. Refusing the role of sacrificial victim assigned to her, she refuses to cry. Her tears transform into words of fire, a carnal and visceral invective. She accuses, she dissects the stupidity of violence. Her words become a poetic weapon of mass destruction capable of cracking the certainty of the executioners. “I stand upright in the black wind of your hatreds“.

Jean-Pierre Siméon's language is both raw and highly lyrical. More than just a play, Stabat Mater Furiosa is a text that forcibly wrenches hope from the silence of graves. It celebrates life and hope with incandescent fury.

Author: Jean-Pierre Siméon

Staging: Christian Schiaretti - Marie Micla

Performance: Marie Micla

Creation: Marie Micla and Marc Delamézière

Choreographer: Gilles Nicolas