Infos pratiques
Location
Théâtre Varia
Duration
2 hours
Languages
Français
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Public
Ages 16 and over
Accessibility
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22—29.01.2027

The Three Sisters

(Android version)

Oriza Hirata

Jasmina Douieb &
Entre Chiens et Loups

Artiste partenaire

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In a country house, time is a long wait.  The only escape for its inhabitants is to imagine elsewhere. We follow the course of a life, much like that of conversations. Yet, whilst we talk about everything, it is to better stifle what really matters. Jasmina Douieb examines a family dynamic, undermined by secrecy.  

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Summary

Three sisters live in seclusion in a Japanese village, mourning the loss of their father, a business executive and robotics engineer. One of them is replaced by an android programmed by the late patriarch before his death. As life goes on, with conversations about this and that, a heavy atmosphere hangs in the air. Only the sister’s avatar breaks free from this pretence and speaks with sincerity and unsettling honesty. 

Before our eyes, a ballet of actors inhabits the passing of time. The dialogue of the bodies – some of them roboticised by meticulous choreography – plays on the boundary between reality and plausibility. By revisiting Oriza Hirata’s Japanese adaptation, the director finds new resonances in the play originally created by the writer Anton Chekhov. But The Three Sisters (Android Version) stands apart from the Russian work: the artist offers us a fresh and unique interpretation that echoes the issues that concern us today: what defines our human nature, in a context where new, increasingly sophisticated forms of intelligence are emerging? We are immersed in a strange atmosphere where we no longer know who holds the power, save for the myriad societal and familial structures that lock us in; and where revelations unfold without fanfare. The muted violence is heightened by the contrast with an aesthetic, hushed space steeped in propriety.  

Jasmina Douieb, a partner artist at Varia, puts her finger on our relationship with multiple forms of violence: those of family secrets and power dynamics. She also confronts us with the question of finitude and offers us a genuine philosophy of sharing, connection and empathy. 

 

Les Trois soeurs (version androïde) / Oriza Hirata, Jasmina Douieb
Les Trois soeurs (version androïde) / Oriza Hirata, Jasmina Douieb
Les Trois soeurs (version androïde) / Oriza Hirata, Jasmina Douieb
Les Trois soeurs (version androïde) / Oriza Hirata, Jasmina Douieb
Alexandre Drouet
Cast





Text by Oriza Hirata
Directed by Jasmina Douieb
Assistant Director Alexandre Drouet
Translation by Mathieu Capel, Hitotoshi Ogashiwa
Cast: Fanny Bonifait, Fanny Brulé, Anne-Pascale Clairembourg, Raphaëlle Corbisier, Manoël Dupont, Julie Duroisin, Sasha Martelli, Hervé Piron, Caroline Riego, Benoît Vandorslaer, Jonas Wertz
Set design by Karolien De Schepper, Christophe Engels
Movement by Ikue Nakagawa, Taka Shamoto Sound and music design Thomas Turine Lighting design Aurore Leduc
Costumes Anne Guilleray
Make-up and hair styling Jill Wertz Technical coordination Jean-Maël Guyot Production, distribution and development support Ad Lib · Artist support 

Credits

The founding of the Entre Chiens et Loups theatre company 

Executive production by Théâtre Varia 

Co-produced with Le Vilar, Théâtre de Liège, Centre des Arts Scéniques, COOP asbl and Shelterprod 

With the support of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation – Theatre Department 

With the support of taxshelter.be, ING and the Belgian federal government’s tax shelter scheme. 

Tour dates

Varia – Theatre & Studio (Brussels, BE) 18–30 January 2027  

Kinneksbond (Mamer, LUX) between 8 and 17 January  

Théâtre de Liège (Liège, BE) 8 to 13 February 2027 

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