Infos pratiques
Location
Théâtre Varia
Duration
approx. 1 hour 45 minutes
Languages
Français
Prices

Pay what you can

€13 / €17 / €22 / €27 / €36

Public
Ages 15 and over
Accessibility
pmr accompagnant
pmr
12—19.02.2027

The Council of Villains

Alyssa Tzavaras

Theater
Première Bruxelloise

A multinational luxury brand, an eccentric artist and a lavish party. *Le Conseil des Méchants* is a dark fairy tale in which Alyssa Tzavaras delightfully combines the immense potential of theatrical machinery with a baroque world, very loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s *Macbeth*.

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Summary

To celebrate its 80th anniversary, a multinational luxury brand decides to organise a lavish and exclusive gala. For the occasion, the company gives carte blanche to a cheeky and uninhibited artist, who devises an entire evening centred on a jungle theme. Having just arrived by private jet, whilst preparations are still underway, the company’s CEO announces to his circle of privileged guests, already in attendance, that his niece will succeed him – a move that greatly displeases his right-hand woman, Eva Pritsky. She then hatches a terrible vendetta. 

With a certain humour, Alyssa Tzavaras explores how power and the desire for power lead to disaster. Accidents follow one after another, nature rumbles, trapping the protagonists in a huge warehouse. In this exuberant set design, which contrasts the artificial tropical setting of the party with the muffled presence of the snowstorm outside, the director plays with excess and overflow, revealing how the devastating forces of nature echo the megalomaniacal excess of these characters. 

The Council of Villains is a satirical work, populated by predators and prey. The desire to dominate drives each of the characters, who are as wicked as they are complex. A fierce tale that invites us to examine what ambition provokes in us and around us, from catastrophe to chaos. 

Co-presented with Théâtre Les Tanneurs

Cast







Concept and direction: Alyssa Tzavaras
Assistant director (in
progress) Cast: Marie Bos, Lucie Guien, Thierry Hellin, Anthony Ruotte (in progress) Set design: Amber Vandenhoeck Set design assistant: Renée Faveere Lighting design (in progress) Sound design: Stéphane Diskus Costume design: Marie Lovenberg Technical direction: Gauthier Vaessen 

Credits

Produced by Théâtre de Liège, DC&J Création
Co-produced by Le Varia, Théâtre les Tanneurs, and the Comédie de Caen – CDN,
Supported by the Belgian Federal Government’s Tax Shelter scheme and Inver Tax Shelter 

Tour dates

Théâtre de Liège – Salle de la Grande Main (Liège, BE) – Performances from 23 to 30 January 2027
Varia – Théâtre (Brussels, BE) - Performances from 12 to 19 February 2027
Comédie de Caen (Caen, FR) - Performances (dates to be confirmed)  

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