Le spectateur condamné à mort

In a courtroom as absurd as it is formidable, a man stands trial for a crime never truly named: that of having watched without acting.

Written by Matéi Visniec under the Ceau?escu dictatorship, this play turns the theater into a court of justice and the audience into potential suspects.

Cascading interrogations, accusations turned upside down, elusive truths: the absurd trap slowly closes on the accused — and on us.

A ferocious satire on ordinary cowardice, the fear of standing up, and the price of silence.