Tue 8 April 2025,
8 p.m.
Croatian National Theater, Zagreb, Croatie
Creation
Performance

Alan T

Multidisciplinary performance inspired by the life of mathematician Alan Turing

Mathematician and genius cryptographer, unsung hero of the Second World War, father of modern computing, victim of homophobic persecution... Alan Turing is a remarkable figure of the 20th century and the center of Pierre Jodlowski's dramatic creation, based on a libretto by the German writer Frank Witzel. A singer, an actor, five musicians, an audiovisual system: these figures participate in the dramaturgy inspired by a dazzling existential and scientific trajectory, in a virtually psychoanalytical form. How to stage the life of a researcher, passionate about mathematics and life, who preceded the decisive discoveries on DNA? This show offers a kaleidoscopic and multiple experience on Alan Turing, using audiovisual transformation mechanisms developed at IRCAM.

Pierre Jodlowski conception, music, set design
Frank Witzel libretto
Claire Saint-Blancat scenography
Martina Stütz dramaturgy
Joanna Freszel soprano
Thomas Hauser actor
Nadar Ensemble
Yann Philippe, Matthieu Guillin live cameras
Kamil Keska sound
Manuel Poletti IRCAM electronics
Claire Daulion construction
Olivier Mannoni translation

Pierre Jodlowski Alan T.

Executive producer Compagnie éOle – création musicale et pluridisciplinaire. Co-commande Compagnie éOle, IRCAL-Centre Pompidou, Philharmonie de Paris. Coproduction IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, SWR Classic – Donaueschinger Musiktage, Warsaw Autumn Festival, Music Centre De Bijloke (Gand). Organised in collaboration with Adam Mickiewicz Institute, ministère de la Culture et du Patrimoine national de la République de Pologne. With the support of the Sacem, the CNM, the Fonds franco-germano-suisse pour la musique contemporaine / Impuls neue Musik, de la Communauté flamande, de Bureau Export, d'Occitanie en Scène, d'Odyssud Ville de Blagnac, de la DRAC Midi-Pyrénées, de la Région Occitanie, de la Ville de Toulouse et du Conseil général de la Haute-Garonne. Coproduction IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, Philharmonie de Paris.